• givesomefucks
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    10 days ago

    X has argued the government should implement age assurance on the smartphone level – something other platforms, including Meta, have argued for.

    These chucklefucks always want to pretend the only way to access social media is via app…

    Because the apps harvests waaaaay more user data.

    Ban it on a phone level. And kids can just use the browser on their phone/laptop/iPad/fridge/whatever

    It was funny that he complained about the kids just going to the fediverse instead without naming it:

    "Not least amongst these concerns is the risk that when minors are barred from mainstream, regulated social media services, they will migrate to less moderated or entirely unregulated alternatives, thereby exposing them to greater potential harms including privacy breaches or unmoderated content,” X stated.