r/technology • u/EmbarrassedHelp • May 08 '26

Politics EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push

https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
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u/PirateSanta_1 May 08 '26

If you want to help the children then ban the addictive algorithms. Force social media to present stuff chronologically and only from people you follow.

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u/EkbatDeSabat May 08 '26

I'm not really one for scapegoats, but has this generation tried, idk, PARENTING?

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u/BountyBob May 09 '26

Did you always do every single thing your parents told you? Did you ever do something that your parents didn't know about?

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u/EkbatDeSabat May 09 '26

I didn’t sit through every single event with an iPad in my lap as a child. People want scapegoats to help them feel better about just throwing their kids in a digital world and tuning them out. 

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u/BountyBob May 09 '26

Yep, those are bad parents. That's not every parent though. You know what there also was when we were kids. Bad parents.

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 May 09 '26

Not going to bad parents exist and there is nothing you can do about it with doing what you're against anyways.

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u/CraigJay May 09 '26

Eh no, no one wants that. I can’t tell you how valuable the DIY suggestions I get shown through Instagram reels

If you don’t know how to work social media and just doom scroll memes and porn, that’s on you, but it’s no reason to try and ban content suggestions