cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36086180
Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites [& search engines, social media, file sharing, etc, etc]
And all service providers/hosts around the world are expected to comply.
Here’s one summary of the looming access control measures.
Reading and understanding all this (and the linked sources) feels so… difficult, obtuse, complex.
If they want to block normies from porn and social media I don’t really give a shit. My fear is they are going to come after the fundamantal technology next: encryption, open source, open computing. eKaren used to work for very Big Tech. Everything about recent moves looks like a huge power grab for big tech and big media to data mine and control us more than ever with the force of government behind them.
They won’t be happy with people like me not buying and using their products, blocking their ads etc. The ultimate enshitification approaches. Total corporate control of our lives.
This is what I fear too. I have never been on FB, Bezos can get f*ed, and I’m trying to deGoogle, but I fear they will come after the Fediverse and anything not controlled by Big Tech in the name of “safety”.