Indeed, but Twitter is owned by a WHITE American. A WHITE American who endorses the far right, and wants the far right AfD to win the German elections.
@zleap @GossiTheDog It’s owned by a white *South African*
Ok sorry, I stand corrected then
@zleap @GossiTheDog There are plenty of evil white American oligarchs. But Musk and Peter Thiel being white South Africans who long for apartheid…it explains a lot.
@GossiTheDog Anyone know why the Chinese version of tiktok encourages kids to learn to play an instrument while the American version encourages them to destroy school bathrooms?
I think in China they value education, parents value education and teach their kids to do the same, they also teach their kids respect.
Perhaps one of the reasons China brought in controls to limit how long kids can do gaming or social media for, to the west this is because china is seen as oppressive, but maybe the Chinese government also recognise how gaming and social media impact heath and education etc.
This is just an idea, so needs some sort of citations etc.
@zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog >> I think in China they value education, parents value education and teach their kids to do the same, they also teach their kids respect.
They have social media age restriction laws in China that compel Douyin to limit its content for younger users.
Have you ever set parental controls on your child’s devices? It’s basically the same thing.
@MisuseCase @kneoghau @GossiTheDog
Good poimt, I think it will be interesting to see what happens with this too.
All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye3qw7gv7o
We perhaps need to go back to some basics of teaching respect for self and also others.
@zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog In the U.S. laws about age verification for porn sites have prompted big porn sites (like Pornhub) to shut down in states where those laws were passed.
The potential liability exposure of violating the law, even if they are doing their best to follow it, is just too much.
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@zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog Also any age verification law means not just tracking children but tracking everyone else, too.
Then you have a “papers, please” internet which means people can be surveilled/blackmailed with their browsing history much more easily.
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