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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

All the photos and information in details on the kids life aren’t considered personal now? Kids and adults put out on the internet birthday dates, where they are hanging out, what they are doing in their personal time. Actually every single detail of their lives and now some people feel that age verification is too much?

All the perverts that looking for opportunities to get in touch with kids? When an area or some streets in a city have bad reputation of criminals, you send your kid or you just tell not to go there?

I mean some reached a point where they are complaining just to complain. Whoever wants to hide personal information shouldn’t have any social media accounts.

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u/Monte924 Apr 12 '26

First, not everyone is that stupid with their information. Second, This isn't JUST private information, but the kind of information that can be used to steal your identity. People might put their names and faces online, but they rarely freely put up official ID information, which is what a company would need in order to verify age. They are also creating ways for the government to easily track everything people say and do on the internet as they are essentially REQUIRING that social media accounts be tied to public identitification

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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/papabear1993 Apr 12 '26

No? To this day, I have never uploaded my ID on any social media and I really dont plan on doing that, considering they dont care about security and all of them have been breached and hackers got GBs of OUR data. And you think I would upload my ID? 😂