The US still controls ICANN and with that they can pretty much do with DNS names whatever they want. Steal it from a German registrar? Well yeah, they actually can, what are you going to do to stop that? That is a known issue, actually.
I fully agree that they can switch domains but do not underestimate the importance.of domain names.
Also, they can force Google and Bing to censor Wikipedia completely, not having any links to it anywhere. With that, for most users it won’t exist anymore
There is a shit load of things that they can do to really make everyone miserable, this is what you get for giving the US damn near veto powers on Internet issues
I vehemently dislike “inarguably” claims as it’s a similar strategy as “protect the children, you would want to leave a child unprotected, now would you?” and this is a double whammy as it is about protect children so, yeah.
Having said that.
I think there are definitely issues to be resolved.
The way social media keeps kids reeled in is one thing. In the past I saw teenagers doing stuff together, laughing, getting themselves into trouble (as a part of growing up), endless endless chattering together… Now I continuously see groups of teenagers quietly on their phones in a group, only interrupted by every now and then one teen showing something to others.
Just in general, I think little kids should have a bit less media to begin with. Again, I walk over the street and see mother’s with tiny kids and they’re already glued to the screen instead of looking around. I feel like that generation misses the beauty of the world outside in lieu of constant screen time. I getting, it’s nice and quiet for the parents who also want a life, but it seems a lot. It sort of feels like these kids are losing humanity and instead get this new world of only tech, and soon, only AI.
I think there are loads of other issues to be resolved as well. I’m a staunch advocate for banning mobile phones on schools (exceptions where needed) for example.
Having said all that, I don’t think that outright banning social media for kids is a good idea either, it doesn’t have to be a nothing or everything decision.
One thing could be that social media companies could be forced to publish their selection algorithms, and requiring said algorithms to adhere to a set of laws that ensure kids can interact healthily with their products.
There are loads of other solutions out there. I don’t think a full ban is right but leaving it at how it currently is also is not a solution
I disagree, as you said it yourself: companies ARE making it harmful, so it IS harmful. That, and there are various other reasons why its harmful
Its not an empty panic if you actually have real reasons why its harmful.
First you’d need laws in place that determine how the social media algorithms should work, then we can talk.
No.
I’ve seen a lot of these complaints and it’s never about just a woman being in media. acting as if it is, is disingenuous and plain lying
People complain when changes are made for bullshit reasons, like virtue signalling. The problem becomes that a mobile company just switches someone’s race to whatever is darker, they’ll switch a character from male to female, and tadaaaahhh, we have a great product now, so let’s cut investments in writing, good actors, food producers and the end result it shit, yet we’re supposed to somehow cheer it because the main character is now an <insert minority group>
Take Ariel, the mermaid. The character who was known to be white with red hair was swapped to a black actress and the resulting product was shit. It ws shit not because of the character being black, but because the movie was a cheap cash grab using virtue signalling to make people care.
It can be done right when, you know, its not done for virtue signalling. Take battlestar Galactica. Starbuck was change to a woman and holy crap, did they kick it out of the park. The actress was awesome, the writing (mostly) was awesome, the production was awesome.
Too many times I’ve been told that some movie must be great because it’s against patriarchy and its just dog shit. If you want to “battle the patriarchy” then just make a good damn movie or show, I’ll watch it. I will NOT waste my time watching a shitshow just because “it has more women in it!!” I don’t care, just make it good
It’s the typical “in the flag ship for my minority, yay! Also, fuck that other minority”
How about we just respect and equally support ALL minorities, or hell, ALL groups, depending on the situation?
Jews aren’t bad, Palestinians aren’t bad. Extremists are bad, whether they’re on the Palestinians or Jewish camps. Palestinians currently have more of a point to be extremist, of course, but the extremism isn’t helping anyone.
Its alla diversion.
Find some group that is different, then shit on them and make them look bad publicly while this relatively small group can’t so much to talk back publicly.
It’ll outrage the public, they’ll start looking at the group while trump and Co then go and rob the state blind while no one is looking
If you’re in a reasonably sized company, do NOT go to HR. She might get fired for her behavior, you WILL be fired for starting a fire. HR does NOT like fires.
I had the good fortune to battle the CTO of a multinational who couldn’t keep his hands off the employees. Everyone was too afraid to speak up, I was not. The CTO was fired. One day after he fired me with the full support of HR, because “you are incompetent in your job”. Mind you this was after multiple stellar reviews of my local superiors
Yeah, I pressed the wrong button here. I’m new to this app, used RIF before and I’m still getting used to how this Works
In any case, I know that bikes in the Netherlands are so normal that I think I was born on one. It’s nice to see that other counties are (getting) there too. I now live between Mexico and Canada and cycling in either country is suicidal, still.
I feel that, with climate change being what it is, car cities are unsustainable and entire cities will require redesigns in infrastructure and uramban layouts to allow for bicycles and pedestrian traffic. Design cities for people, not cars!
Microsoft, Nestle, Alphabet, meta, all Elmo musk companies, Oracle, Rogers, Disney, all AI companies, all private equity companies, all gambling companies, all US health care insurrection companies
Not necessarily in order, just pick any