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Meta Joins Google In Turning Its Back On The Open Web, And Embracing Unconstitutional Mandates That Pretend To ‘Protect The Children’ (www.techdirt.com)
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Meta Joins Google In Turning Its Back On The Open Web, And Embracing Unconstitutional Mandates That Pretend To ‘Protect The Children’::A month ago we wrote about Google effectively “pulling up the ladder” on the open internet by embracing age verification mandates as part of a regulatory approach to child safety. As we pointed out at the time, this is bizarre and stupid for a variety of reasons, but also not too surprising. It’s bizarre because…

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a former teacher, advisor to a state attorney general, and now an executive at Meta — I’ve dedicated my career to protecting children online.

That’s an awfully strange pathway to executive at Meta.

[–] seaQueue 11 points 1 year ago

That looks like the standard "this person has pull with the AG, let's hire them and exploit that for our benefit" move.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's not if you follow the money.