If you were one of few pinning your hopes for Senator Elizabeth Warren to have your back as a user of the free internet – the latest legislative efforts she has been heavily backed might just burst your bubble.
The same goes for those who had the same hopes regarding the activities of Senator Josh Hawley. These two – a prominent Democrat, and a Republican of the same stature – have thrown their weight behind what’s known as the Kids Online Safety Act [PDF].
Online age verification through digital ID is one of its proposed provisions – a topic, and practice, at this point historically burdened with controversies regarding endangering internet users’ privacy and safety, while cynically asserting to be “solving” just the very problem.
- dingleberry ( @dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de ) 5•1 year ago
Think I’m starting to become an ageist.
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
Would this help against pedophiles like Matt gaetz?
- SokathHisEyesOpen ( @Anticorp@lemmy.ml ) English3•1 year ago
No, but they’ll get to scan your face and surroundings every time you want to use a computer.
- Currens_felis ( @Currens_felis@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
She might support this, or she might have signed onto it without reading the details
- chicken ( @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•1 year ago
She also supports other anti online freedom stuff, I think that’s just her genuine position.
- SokathHisEyesOpen ( @Anticorp@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
She’s just a blue fascist. We don’t need to find excuses for her. Her actions say it all.
- SokathHisEyesOpen ( @Anticorp@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 year ago
Well fuck her too then!
- MisterD ( @MisterD@lemmy.ca ) 2•1 year ago
The fascists need a way to track people