alt Hacker NewsHard no. Reality is that this push is everywhere. Authoritarian governments are cracking down hard on dissent, they're not going to leave huge platforms for communication untouched. We'll need open source decentralized alternatives.
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SoftTalker • yesterday at 6:44 PM
HN: Social media is terrible and ruining kids' mental health.
Also HN: Any attempt to limit access to verified adults is an "authoritarian crackdown" and totally unacceptable.
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Indeed, the article basically says as much in more pacifying terms:
> driven by an international legal push for age checks and stronger child safety measures