genevieve

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[–] genevieve@sh.itjust.works 153 points 1 day ago (9 children)

The “won’t somebody please think of the children” rhetorical tactic is always just a pretext for authoritarianism, mass surveillance and data privacy intrusion. Always. It’s the perfect motte-and-bailey: when you attack the actual motives, the motte becomes, “So you don’t care about children?”

[–] genevieve@sh.itjust.works 344 points 1 day ago (30 children)

“Reddit has stressed that this system is only to verify users' age, and it has no interest in your identity. Lee further stated that Persona won't know what subreddits you visit, and has promised it won't keep users' uploaded images more than seven days.”

Press X to doubt.

[–] genevieve@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 days ago

Dystopian. Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

[–] genevieve@sh.itjust.works 72 points 2 days ago (19 children)

“The government said it was a reform to bring in more fairness for 16- and 17-year-olds, many of whom already work and are able to serve in the military. It brings the whole of the UK voting age to 16. Scotland and Wales have already made the change for Holyrood and Senedd elections, as well as local council elections.”

Great logical reform.