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Post #877424

2025-01-21 05:00 UTC

Age-gating the Internet is coming to Massachusetts, too https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD3070 They define a "social media platform" as "a public website, online service, online application or mobile application that displays content primarily generated by users and allows users to create, share and view user-generated content with other users." Gee. That's every fedi instance. And AO3. And Wikipedia. It's backed by our state Attorney General, who also supports #KOSA. I am so fucking tired.

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  • @bstacey@icosahedron.website 2025-01-21 05:08

    ... Hey @evangreer --- this bill is local for us

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  • @bstacey@icosahedron.website 2025-01-21 05:12

    "A social media platform shall present a warning to minor users on the negative effects of social media use on social, emotional and physical health. The warning shall be presented to a minor user upon account activation and every 30 days thereafter and shall require the minor user to acknowledge the warning before proceeding to use the social media platform." OK, that's compelled speech. I'm a physicist, not a constitutional lawyer, but I'm pretty sure there's a high bar to clear when the state is telling people what to say. Also, I am not going to lie and say that the evidence about social media harming minors is less equivocal than it really is.

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  • @bstacey@icosahedron.website 2025-01-23 20:26

    ... I have drafted a letter about this. With my intense scatterbrain going on today, I might hold off on mailing it until tomorrow so I can give it another check. https://www.sunclipse.org/wp-content/downloads/2025/01/HD3070.pdf

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  • @waxbanks@heads.social 2025-01-23 18:44

    @bstacey MA’s like NYS, shockingly red outside the blue cities—and the pols are pols, innumerate collaborators skimming off the top. jesus christ i hate it here, good thing i hate it even more everywhere else

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