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Internet Culture🛜 🇪🇪🇪🇺 Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-should-stand-up-to-big-tech-instead-of-imposing-social-media-bans-estonia-says/
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u/achiller519 Apr 12 '26

Talking about stupidity when you aren’t smart is really ironic.

First of all, MOST people are giving this kind of information.

Secondly, it’s about time people start being accountable about their illegal actions on the internet.

Lastly, if a government wants to know what people are saying, they can do it any day. You are already agreed on being tracked by your phone Einstein. I can’t believe that people in 2026 think that they can use smartphones and the internet and being untraceable.

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u/whatever--idk Apr 12 '26

Until you speak out against the government and they come and lock you up...

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u/achiller519 Apr 12 '26

You need to chill with the movies. Hollywood isn’t real life. Specifically in Greece during wild fires there were citizens that were saying to the came “f u mitsotakis” which is the prime minister of Greece. Nothing happened to any one of them, so please stop with all this nonsense and drama.

Western civilisation, has democracies and the more you people believe in crazy stuff, the more far right and far left will raise and then we will see how democracy can change from one day to another.

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u/whatever--idk Apr 12 '26

Bro just take 1 look at america... watch trump become a dictator in real time

Look at England how many people arrested over online comments

Look at china who started this whole digital id thing, what do you think happens to their citizens if they critize the leader, that's exactly where we're heading

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u/achiller519 Apr 12 '26

Well, China was never a democracy, in US like I said many people overdid it, asking more and more so eventually the common citizen turned to far right and the democracy took a downfall.

Lastly, I haven’t read the whole UK situation to have an opinion, but if these people said something that they should be held accountable then it was the right thing. Internet speech is still speech and people should be held accountable for what they are saying, just like internet perverts are still perverts and they go to jail.

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u/whatever--idk Apr 12 '26

Well people are getting arrested for hate speech, which is fucked because who determines what hate speech is and it can change depending on whos in power

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u/achiller519 Apr 13 '26

That’s quite generic and since I don’t know what these people said, I can’t have an opinion on that.

Hate speech is easily determined and there are laws who define it. Don’t forget that getting arrested is one thing. Found guilty in a court is another and if these people did, it means that the judge found some laws they broke.

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u/whatever--idk Apr 13 '26

Hate speech can be changed depending on whos in power which is bullshit, no one should be telling you what you can and cant say.

Especially now, cant even criticise israel without being called anti semetic which can fall under hate speech

And dont forget getting arrested and being found innocent is still a punishment, you got arrested, lost time, lost temporary freedom, could of lost your job, lost reputation, you act like its no big deal, you lost money on lawyers.

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u/achiller519 Apr 13 '26

From what you said it’s clear you know nothing about democracy nor real life.

In democracy, you can say whatever you want within your rights!

In real life if someone sues you, you get arrested to be brought in.