UK’s Starmer gives Apple, Google 3 months to stop children sending nude images

The end result is further controlling people and surveilling them. Privacy is being murdered in record time.

Soon every person will have a mandatory telescreen in their pocket, linked to their facial recognition in a Palantir run 'government' database.

He knows this is impossible lol

Over reach dressed up as protection for children.

I don't have kids myself so can't say I understand how prevalent this problem is, but I can imagine it's not as big of a problem as what politicians are making out. Certainly not big enough that this can be the answer, even if this legitimately required a solution, such a solution would surely be a last resort.

What’s more likely, the prime minister is a clueless idiot who jeeps making blunder after blunder and is too stupid to even consider asking for advice from experts in the field, or he’s paid by terrorists?

Easiest solution is awarness. Teach the parents how to monitor their children and how to use parental control. They can offer classes for this.

Its just crazy the amount of stupid laws that poo up in place of covering for poor parenting lol

- Demand <something impossible> to "protect the children" or else we'll do <even more dystopian surveillance>
- <something impossible> is not done because, well, it's impossible.
- Do <even more dystopian surveillance> whilst claiming "they gave us no other choice"

Fucking hell, can we get an age and qualification limit on politicians already?

I feel like all these locks and bars that people apparently believe that they need to be good parents to their children are a little... much? My mother wasn't an exemplary parent exactly so I wouldn't go down her route, but I think there's a case to be made for connecting to your child on a human level, and being their guide rather than their warden.

It makes me think of this hysterical American mindset I've bumped into over the years. I've got friends who likened me walking a couple of blocks to school as a six year old as child abuse, when they themselves have no idea how to operate a washing machine. I did experience abuse, but it was more of the slammed into the floor and choked out, than going to and from school on my own.

There's a happy medium to be made, where you can gradually introduce concepts to a child at a level that's appropriate. Fostering a connection to a child that makes them feel like they can trust in you, and safely go to you when they need it, while also having the freedom to make decisions and grow on their own.

Oh and one more thing. When are we punishing Google, Meta, etc., for allowing intentionally child-targeted adult themed ads and recommendations? Or did we forget how YouTube allowed incredibly disturbing content in ads and recommendations FOR KIDS (as in, literally injected into playlists meant for kids)?

I think this is the far more pressing issue. Capitalism will gladly throw the health of people under the bus if it makes them a quick buck.

Yeah bro we're totally just scanning everything you send just on the off chance that a child (even though you have none and don't know any) are takes your phone and uses it to send a dick pic haha no bro don't worry it's for their safety haha

Not that it's a good thing but don't either of these companies have enough leverage to refuse with practically zero consequences?

4chan didn't care because of the absurd logic and they still haven't been blocked because they know it would be stupid to do so.

And, because Apple cares about us, they can create the Personal Pictures Privacy Pro subscription. A plan where any compromising images are kept out of public dark web Facebook groups, for the low price of $29.95 per month.

Disclaimer: Privacy and security applied by your Personal Pictures Privacy Pro plan will be generated by mid-tier cost effective AI, which itself was trained on the work of the most affordable people who told us they were privacy and security experts.

You say things I agree with, and things I don't.

I struggle to see the benefit in virtual boundaries, and think it's better to foster a healthy trusting relationship with one's child. They'll encounter bad situations at some point sooner or later, and at that point having shielded them from it in lieu of giving them the tools to deal with it, will have been harmful rather than helpful.

Further, this kind of informational censoring can be used to actively harm people as well. I've met many people whose lifelines are their virtual connections to their communities, and had their parents been at all technically inclined these people likely wouldn't be alive today.

Children won't spontaneously combust if they encounter pornography. My first exposure happened at around six or seven, same time half of my classmates. Someone found a pornographic card deck in the bushes during recess.

That's what i'm concerned about.

Surveillance is not security.
When fully formed Surveillance is slavery.