they could have just demanded alcoholic beverage companies to monitor their bottles, right?

it’s illegal to sell alcohol to kids, right? Would you consider that too as “banning kids from accessing them”?

even “crash course” alone is enough of a reason to keep YouTube accessible

You don’t (lawfully) ban kids from parts of the library because you are worried they might read about things you don’t like, y…

libraries are carefully curated. Popular “social media” of today is a shit show.

This is the equivalent of banning kids talking to each other at school, on the bus or at the mall/park.

no, it’s not “equivalent” to that at all. Are they banning messengers?

Kids in schools talk through game chat anyways. Are they banning games in Australia?

☞ “Exemptions will apply for health and education services including YouTube, Messenger Kids, WhatsApp, Kids Helpline and Google Classroom.”

this ban is not directed at kids, it’s targeting “big tech”.

even YouTube got in an exception list. So it’s not an “all or nothing” approach, it seems.

• Lemmy is too small for governments to care

if social media is fediverse, you’re right; if social media is agents of surveillance capitalism, fuck social media

what’s “social” about what most people call social media?

“freedom” of kids and teenagers to rot their immature brains on “social media”?

freedom to be manipulated by Zuckerberg and his minions?

freedom to learn what a “real man” is from sexist assholes

freedom to develop bottomless insecurities before constructing a semblance of a “self” to get you through the grit of societies

at least they recognize the problem and … pass hopeless laws 🤷

yes, decolonization isn’t complete.

i didn’t know that 🤯

and words too. Even words get to mean exactly their antonyms :/

according to the guardian article, he’s complaining on Xitter now

Gaetz?

i’ve just read that quote

On 30 November 2021, Barbados transitioned to a republic within the Commonwealth, replacing its monarchy with a ceremonial president.

if you take a quick look at other news from Barbados, you would understand why ☞ https://www.theguardian.com/world/barbados

it was “spectacular” with Rihanna attending the ceremony ☞ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWbC1H7RJHI

not that i’m a fan. I just remember reading about it, and it’s only been 3 years

☞ https://www.theguardian.com/europe

how many twitters can one man sell to an elmo?

disable JavaScript?

i’m on mull with ubo and i can read the whole article 🤷

me neither. never

“no paywall”?

there never was a paywall on tG, no?

Attacks begin when users are lured into “visiting suspicious websites or click on phishing links that download malicious software onto their computer.”

🤦