XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 7/02/2026 11:40 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-07 09:57, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 7/02/2026 12:34 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Did the 'other' Social Media exist back then??   
   >   
   > No mobile phones. No internet. No computers, actually.   
      
   I was using an Apple IIE clone (Brand name ZEUS, I think.) in late 1983   
   for work purposes .... No Internet connection though!   
      
   >>> Rich people from the California tech valley prohibit their children   
   >>> from being educated with computers and insist on paper. They would   
   >>> know!   
   >>>   
   >> Yeap, they should (and do!!).   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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