It is astonishing how much insanity we have to tolerate. It is quite evident that gambling is harmful for all, yet we do nothing but remain ageist against the minorities and barely solve the real issue.
Things are escalating further and further. This isn’t some regular gambling any more, it’s a crime on humanity. Polymarket is the enabler, and as such should be banished. Incentivising peoples misfortunes is anti-humanity.
There is nothing that’s “needed”. Its an OS not some demonic construct. It should also be noted that teens will be impacted in it as well - all minors. All this age gating, discriminatory behaviour is eating us alive. Age verification should not exist at all.
There is absolutely no reason for an OS to know a users age. At this point it is certain that they can escalate this into including gender or even race.
The children or even the teens have no meaning in this law - they are simply used as sugarcoating for the cyanide pill that’s aimed at the populace.
Agreed, it was the next step from pulseaudio. To say it wasnt problematic is incorrect, as it had many problems and needed a lot of manual intervention.
Nowadays, pipewire appears alot more stable, even with the compatibility layers for when stuff uses pulseaudio.
borderline paedophilic
That’s not what paedophilic even means. Manipulative, maybe. But not close to paedophilic. Precisely, teleiophilia is the type of chronophila that is present there.
That is true. The reality is, he is a walking war-criminal. So even the intended talk that he is a rapist isn’t even enough to describe him in full.
He’s not just a “pedophile”, he’s a rapist. He already violated many women and girls, there is no going back for him - and as such he should be called a rapist.
The bombing also proves he is a psychopath, just like the other things he did.
Edit: spelling.
is in high school
And that makes them a teenager; or if you want to be more broad, a minor.
Regular people of america have lost nearly all their bargaining power. I certainly do agree, that this petition will do barely anything considering the history with similar scenarios. At this point, it is like holding to a false promise.
Another thing is, let’s not infantilize individuals within these situations. They are not a child. And in essence, age has no meaning here, criminal scum like this will assault anyone who opposes them.
Its just sad that the regular people have to live in opression. At this point it doesnt matter what race you are, but if you’re a straight up Nazi or not.
Then parents need to teach kids to stay away from these places
First of all, those parents need to teach themselves, because it is an all ages problem. In reality, the majority will follow the biggest group - that group being the fascist platforms.
I do agree, that it is basically pointing fingers. But the fact is, the social media landscape is engineered to chain the users up into their ecosystem. Teaching will only do so much - regulation of those platforms is what should occur.
Child: “a young person especially between infancy and puberty” (Merriam-webster)
teenager: “someone who is between 13 and 19 years old” (Merriam-webster)
Something doesn’t add up here…
But the thing is, the author is not a child and they didn’t declare that they expected a daycare. The only thing that they wanted was a friendly interaction with their peers - as opposed to misogyny.
Banning social media for under 16 is not equal to uploading IDs.
Bans
Yeah, no. That is straight up fascism, and there is no excuse to be banning a minority just because you believe they should. We fight for an anti discriminate world yet ageism is still prevailent, and you are helping to drag it along.
This is essentially a ploy, the statement “Social media is literally proven to be harmful for developing brains.” Is basically a strawman. The fact is, it has been proven that it is harmful for all the people. In addition, you seem to be inconsistent with the “developing brain” concept: (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260218031606.htm).
Stop trying to equate this to cigarettes or alcohol without looking at the metrics. There are countries which vary with the minimum age of consumption and tell you a different story. But the thing is, they all have a similar conclusion: it is harmful for all.
I would’ve said the same thing if safe alternatives where as widely availabe and as compatible as the common medias. This unfortunaly, is not the case.
Word it like that, the guardian has some pretty authoritarian leaning shit.
The main pieces of the article don’t read like fabricated and are possibly genuine; however, the last part about the ban might be an deliberate attempt to manipulate the reader using emotional baggage after reading the main section. It may aswell be injected there by the Guardian, and its probable the author didn’t even think about the bans.
This yet again is ageism in a nutshell. The Guardian has completely invalidated the authors claims, just because they are a minor. This is where humanity is going: misogyny, ageism, and deliberate injection of stories with malicious intent.
Exactly, this is basically finding excuses to justify these actions. A treatment treats a condition, yet what does this treat - an ego of an person apparently.
Ageism on Lemmy, impossible.
As the other commenter has said, the youngest gen z aren’t children anymore - they’re teens.
Agreed, it can essentially be an ableist term for those which actively fight against this illness to have a chance at a normal life.
Considering all the atrocities and unlawful practice which occurred, the USA should be banished from NATO.