Twitter is shit, but France went really nuts.
France Moves to Classify X as an Adult Site Amid Digital ID Crackdown
Submitted 2 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://reclaimthenet.org/france-moves-to-classify-x-as-an-adult-site-digital-id
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kokesh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This is kind of hilarious. Right wingers seek to limit privacy by forcing age verification online, and then the right wing social network gets caught in the same net. It hurt itself in it’s confusion.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why is anyone still on X anyway? Its AI bot trash.
fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
[deleted]Pnut@lemm.ee 2 months ago
False validation is a hell of a drug.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Males sense 100%
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Annoyingly many artists still use it, and for some it’s their only platform they post at any regularity, except for paid posts on patreon. I haven’t used Twitter as a social media site for almost a decade now, but my “twitter only” art list still has 18 people on it.
arararagi@ani.social 2 months ago
Because artists are still there.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nazi propaganda: I sleep
Porn: Real shit
Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Never expected the place known for nude beaches and a president who married a pedophile to be one that implemented this kind of block.
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Sad to see France is heading this direction, Canada was very close to heading this route too, thankfully it didn’t end up that way.
CtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Kids would be better off on pornhub
thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 2 months ago
Everyone should have content filtering tools. I use Adguard services for filtering my own internet (adult, Reddit, YouTube, etc.). Surely, implimenting something similar at an OS or router level would have saved us decades of pointless bickering and provided us with an actual consumer benefit?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I don’t know if they still do it, but some mobile internet providers in the UK would filter things out unless you sent them your ID to unblock it.
Not sure it’s a great solution, but better than having to provide your ID to every random website out there.
Zetta@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Having to provide Id to any entity to access internet pages is dystopian and fucked up, sounds just like the UK.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If you want it, that should be your right, but the government shouldn’t be forcing it on you.
thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 2 months ago
That’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying governments could force MS, Google, Apple to implement content filtering tools at the OS level, that give users the choice to set up filtering however they want for themselves or their kids.
Geist_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
what does that have to do with France forcing you to show your ID to use Twitter?
thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 2 months ago
Those against website age verification argue that content blocking should happen at the OS level. For example, a parent could enable the built-in “child mode” on their child’s smartphone or computer. As I understand it, that would be more effective, graceful, cheaper, free speechy, and private. To a degree, tech savvy parents (and people who block ads and other content) already do similar things with third party tools - i.e. it’s feasible.
shekau@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Elon probably punching air rn
Pnut@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s the only thing he’s ever punched.
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
If it’s just Elon who suffers I’m fine.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Tbh adult content is probrally the most respectable content you can find on X, especially compared to the constant Nazis and genocide apologetic liberals.
viking@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Liberals are genocide apologists?!
Schwim@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Everyone in France already subbed to VPNs for the pornhub block. This won’t even result in a traffic hiccup.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why use age instead of a knowledge check instead?
RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
How would that work?
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
POP QUIZ!
QUICK, who was the last french president that visited Germany in 1896?PenguinJazz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Just ask for something like “what’s the quadratic formula?”
Tho to be fair, that would still probably block at least half of xitter’s users…
arararagi@ani.social 2 months ago
Why is every country dreaming of becoming south korea?
nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
The site formerly known as Twitter would be more respectable these days if it were a porn site.
Emi@ani.social 2 months ago
It’s not? Thought that’s the main use.
SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I like my porn to be less faschy and more flashy.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The titter side was better