Even UNICEF is like "yo, Australia, this social media ban for kids is a terrible fucking idea." [www.unicef.org/press-releas...](https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/age-restrictions-alone-wont-keep-children-safe-online ) RE:
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Gabi ι›ͺ (@gabimccauley.bsky.social)
The thing is, social media is a lifeline for rural kids like my youngest, who never, ever fit in at school. At least with social media, they could...
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This evening was middle school entrepreneur fair. Kid & friends started a business selling spicy tortilla chips. Very spicy. At the last minute they decided to also sell water. And then a gift from the heavens: school watermain broke so the water fountains were out. They cleaned up on water sales. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreiebeuxyhrrda3lfmuwwpwqh7zqiy5kkzwpb6avbubugkpe3lwkjym https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreic5zaznuoo5mtwzmkua66rmpertzjbte5hqvxj2n5lewp525xlcmy
Because this has already been shown to be a complete fucking disaster in Australia where the same policy went into effect 3 days ago... John Cornyn wants to bring it to America. RE:
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Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)
PUNCHBOWL: Cornyn β€œsaid he plans to introduce a bill β€œsoon” that would ban users under age 16 from social media.” @punchbowlnews.bsky.soci...
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, [@whitehouse.senate.gov@bsky.brid.gy](
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov)
U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State. https://linktr.ee/senwhitehouse
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Senate Judiciary Democrats πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ (@judiciarydems.senate.gov)
Defending freedoms. Advancing equality. Ensuring justice for all. News from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member @d...
 ) are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online. What a joke. RE:
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Senate Judiciary Democrats πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ (@judiciarydems.senate.gov)
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
A point I find myself raising repeatedly: people focus on tech policy within a silo (privacy, speech, safety, copyright, competition, etc.), without understanding the actual impact on the system, where you push on just one of those levers and don't realize it's disastrous for the other ones. RE:
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Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social)
A vital point here, first driven home to me by Cory Doctorow in the context of copyright policy, is that many forms of tech regulation that strike ...
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This is a massive expansion of questionable surveillance efforts by the federal government. RE:
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Hamed Aleaziz (@haleaziz.bsky.social)
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people ...
I love the fact that the AI editing tool I use gives me full control over the system prompt (and not just the regular prompt) so I can add a universal suggestion like the following: https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifqz6wih5chl4nznoov4yh2f2f53je4wuv4q5nso5wffynoyni2ki
Remember this as a bipartisan coalition of folks in Congress tell us over and over again that they're trying to protect children online. Meanwhile the US embassy is saying even kids can't have private social media accounts if they want to visit the US. RE:
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about β€œand their dependents.” Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children ...
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Nancy Levine Stearns (@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social)
The Heritage Foundation is cracking
Lol. Yeah, sure, whatever you say old man. RE:
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Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort. Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved