Post #2103294

2026-04-26 18:07 UTC

@leftylabourtech @pluralistic Wab, normally a genius, lost the thread on this one. Biggest issue is that it's clear very few polis have thought this one through. Locking kids out of online services is not a solution - it's a dereliction of duty that normalizes the algorithms and protects the platforms. Most shockingly for the NDP it that it's ultimately a free-market solution that gives more power to foreign corporate platforms in terms of collecting and handling Canadians' private data. It puts adults at the mercy of their terms of service. It's little wonder Meta had been asking the US government for this type of regulation for over a decade. And if all that wasn't enough, not just misuse of private data: A general rule about data is the more you put it out there, the more likely it will be stolen. There is an increased risk of identity theft here also. This is not the same as showing ID before going into a bar - that bar doesn't store your ID in a database. Sorry for the rant.

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@leftylabourtech@mstdn.social 2026-04-26 18:12

@zazzoo @pluralistic No need to apologize. I totally support Wab Kinew's moves on algorithmic pricing....good move. But this, is a terrible move. I've been kicked off of FB for reasons unknown and they won't reinstate me unless I upload ID and a video selfie. There's no way I'll ever do that. If you want to take on big tech, then take on big tech. Don't take on individuals.

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@louisrcouture@jasette.facil.services 2026-04-26 19:25

@zazzoo @leftylabourtech @pluralistic Social media, especially Tumblr, helped me come to term with my sexuality when I was a teen. As an autistic person, I was alone and found community online. What will happens to queer people and neurodivergent kids once this is banned ?

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@danneau@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca 2026-04-26 19:27

@zazzoo @leftylabourtech @pluralistic It would take patience and forethought to come up with a successful solution to the "social" networking paradigm we've allowed to develop for the worst reasons by some really doozie bad actors. Seems to be that FN wisdom relies on patience, long-term thinking and the ability to operate in the midst of unresolved conflict (or so John Ralston Saul informed me in his discussion of FN culture being a third pillar of Canadian culture). I don't know how much of that Kinew can bring into a centuries-old governing canon, especially in the context of a panicked population (at least the part that isn't so diverted and apathetic as to not see the issue), It's not a dance I would want to do, particular given how openly the titans of tech have allied themselves with the advocates of authorianism.

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca 2026-04-26 19:37

@zazzoo @leftylabourtech @pluralistic if it's not a broad ban on the collection of data for ad tracking and marketing with 3rd parties, then it's not enough. What I looked at elsewhere, what I bought elsewhere, is nobody's business except between me and that party, limited to what is legally necessary, whether I consented one time or not. Ban it.

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