XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-06 11:15, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 6/02/2026 7:43 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-05 15:13, s|b wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:48:05 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-02-01 09:21, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> Cross-posted to Linux and Win-11 NGs   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> As may here would be aware, last December, the Australian Government   
   >>>>> brought in Legislation to limit the access to "Social Media" for those   
   >>>>> under 16 years of age.   
   >>>> Spain just announced (in the Dubai Summit) it is going to do the same.   
   >>>> The companies, like X, must actually ensure the age of the person   
   >>>> before   
   >>>> granting access. Method not specified, but clicking somewhere is not   
   >>>> accepted as valid check.   
   >>> 8< snip >8   
   >>>   
   >>> This is not "to protect the children" as they claim. Children still get   
   >>> access by VPN or even by putting make-up on their face to look older   
   >>> (this is proven to fool the age detection) or by using their parent's   
   >>> account with their approval.   
   >>   
   >> Parents here are asking for this. It is hard to prohibit your kid to   
   >> access the phone, "because all my friends have it". When it is   
   >> prohibited for everybody, it is easier. Nobody has access.   
   >   
   > And, if the Parents then end up with troubled kids, they (the parents)   
   > have no one to blame but themselves.   
   >   
   > "My little Darlings wouldn't do THAT!!"   
      
   Why would the kids be troubled because not having social media? I didn't   
   have them. Rich people from the California tech valley prohibit their   
   children from being educated with computers and insist on paper. They   
   would know!   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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