Fuck Me in the Hell

Seems like there is a law that went into effect April 2nd of this year that requires age assurance to prevent young users from downloading inappropriate

It seems that AI estimations or biometric facial age estimation is gonna be used, but also "age verification through digital ID or credit card data. It does not specifically mention matches to government-issued ID documents, but these are allowed."

"So far, the Microsoft and Xbox stores give users a choice between facial age estimation, Singpass or a government ID scan to confirm their age eligibility, according to The Straits Times.

The Apple App Store offers age assurance through credit card data or government IDs. The Samsung Galaxy Store and Huawei AppGallery only accept credit card data. Google Play only uses account activity analysis by default, though in cases of incorrect age estimations, the user can resort to a fall-back, matching selfie biometrics to an ID or submitting credit card data."

There was some talks of a social media ban in 2025, jan of 2026, but nothing yet so far. Might've missed something though

tzv whatsappem přišlo, že přestože ho v dubnu zamítli, chat control 1.0 už je zase na stole.

velmi přehledné info o tom, co to je a proč bychom neměli chtít, aby to prošlo, je tady:

Najdete tam i přehledně, kdo z našich politiků je pro a kdo proti (je docela bizarní, že v tomto se najednou ocitáme na podobné lodi jako lidi z Přísahy, ale hlasy jsou hlasy...). Taky je tam možnost jim rovnou zavolat, nebo napsat mail:

Máte někdo nějaké ukázky mailů, které už jste třeba psali? Bude to oceněno velkým vděkem! (v minulosti i teď šla tahle věc dost mimo mě, takže pokud víte víc než já, hurá do reblogů!)

!!! o celé věci se bude hlasovat zítra (9. 7.), takže pokud máte dneska večer moment, napište prosím mail !!!

Nemám moc kapacitu, ale střílím všeobecný template zde:

Předmět: Prosím, odmítněte Chat Control 1.0

Vážený pane/vážená paní,

píši Vám ohledně zítřejšího hlasování o Chat Control 1.0, který byl již jednou, letos v dubnu, zamítnut.

Apeluji na Vás jako občan České republiky, kterému záleží na svobodné společnosti a digitálním soukromí, abyste hlasoval/a proti návrhu, který by umožnil ve velkém skenovat soukromou komunikaci.

Chápu, že Vaší motivací je bezpečí všech, a primárně dětí. Plošné skenování zpráv ale nás ani děti efektivně neochrání, pouze kompromituje naše soukromí. Naopak může i uškodit - množství komunikace, která bude algoritmicky označena jako závadná, ačkoli závadná není (tzv. false positive), zahltí přísllušné orgány, které tak budou mít méně kapacity se věnovat reálným případům.* Již dnes má policie navíc k dispozici cílené vyšetřování, ke kterému není nutné plošně analyzovat veškerou komunikaci.

Prosím, abyste při zítřejším hlasování stál/a na straně demokratické společnosti, která chrání právo na soukromí všech svých občanů, a ctí presumpci neviny.

Apeluji na Vás, abyste Chat Control 1.0 odmítl/a. Hlas proti neznamená, že Vám nezáleží na občanském bezpečí - znamená, že se stavíte za hledání takového řešení, které odborníky nebude odsouzeno jako zásah do soukromé sféry s nejistým výsledkem.

S pozdravem,

If you live in the EU I am begging you to contact your representatives and tell them not to let this fucking thing through. a vote is gonna happen on July 9th where they will need a majority of 361 MEPs to be able to stop it.

annoying & guilt-tripping politicians via mail this morning bc thx to twitter i know it's being voted on yet AGAIN.

TS literally needs to get banned

To my Texas readers They are coming for your freedom to steal it out from under you, .. This Will Not Stand!

And to them I say this if you try this on me then be prepared to:

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Parliament President Roberta Metsola has forced chat control into a new vote with a urgent procedure vote, which barley passed through

Now, in order to block this, we need a majority of 361 MEPs to reject this law

and what's more horrible is that this was planned near the start of their summer break, which means some MEPs might be gone for summer break

and anyone who can't vote, are counted as a YES.

All of this is done to try to force Chat Control through, even though this law has been voted against on multiple occasions

Roberta Metsola is abusing their power to try to pass a horrible law and we will not allow this law to be passed through.

Remember to contact your MEPs, tell them that you don't want this law and that they need to vote no on this. call them as much as possible, send them emails, letters, anything that will overwhelm them into backing away from voting YES.

We want them to vote NO

Also, tell others about this, tell your friends, your family about this, post about this stuff online. The more posts online, the more traction these types of posts get and the more people will be able to see what is going on.

don't give up, contact, spread the word, don't stop until this is all over

WE WILL BEAT THEM!!!

CONTACT YOUR MEPs!

here's the people who voted for the urgent procedure

Survey video tutorial:

The survey:

“Palace Press Officer Claire Castro issued the statement after police investigators found that one of the teens behind Monday's attack at the San Jose National High School was a regular player of the sandbox video game GoreBox, which features firearms and graphic depictions of violence.”

Castro said during a press conference, "It was reported that these children are addicted to playing violent online games.

It was discussed that those kinds of apps should be banned in the Philippines.

So that's a good suggestion, We hope that a measure will be crafted soon and the President is open to such proposals,"

“The Palace official said the administration was open to legislative measures that would regulate access to violent online content, particularly among minors.

Castro also said that lawmakers may move quickly to study possible restrictions in light of the incident.”

They will be putting a “thorough assessment to determine whether violent online games desensitize minors, resulting in violent acts, so the government could carry out an appropriate response or policy.”

They also want to lower the age of criminal liability

social media

He also mentions social media and how kids can find porn in there

“The President also raised the issue of the sexualization of young people, particularly the complete availability of pornography over the Internet.

“Look, we all talk about this side and that side. Ilalagay lang, “Are you 18 or not?” A five-year-old can answer that properly. So what kind of test is that?” the President said as he mentioned the need for tougher restrictions.

“So when it comes to sex and violence, there really is an effect. Social media really has had an effect. But what that effect truly is, is something that’s not as easy to answer as perhaps some of the other issues.””

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One thing is the collection and selling of data (which I don't agree with) but another thing is KOSA passing the bill and the advent of AI/data centers. I'm already against AI so dropping the technology should be easy.

I don't want to transition my phone to an iPhone (even if it sounds like the most viable option since I do have my iMac and can connect to my iTunes to download the music). It's very costly BUT I am worried about Google getting rid of DuckDuckGo on both my phone and tablet. I don't doubt Google would block DuckDuckGo as it is one of it's competitors.