@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
2026-09-17 07:35 UTC
The EU Kids Act "changes the fundamental open nature of the internet and makes it a permission-based system where you are required to pass through an identity checkpoint to access information.
Imposing the same complex compliance requirements on [small] services risks pushing them out."
ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366650306/Tech-companies-under-fire-as-Europe-proposes-social-media-ban-for-under-15s
#eu #ageverification #privacy #StopKillingtheInternet #eukidsact #SOTEU #politics #onlinesafety
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@ness@ioc.exchange 2026-09-17 23:44
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org this might be a very bad take of mine but ive come to believe the worldwideweb and api mush internet isnt the inherently liberating technology we want it to be and never will be because the infrastructure it relies on isnt decentralized enough to tend toward democratization and we should be focusing more on securing a future for something that is