Parental rights are an insane concept the more you think about it, and you should think about it more
Children aren't property, are their own individuals and there's such a thing as objectively safe things at every age
So why is it perfectly acceptable to restrict your child's access to all sorts of information, know their exact location at all times, brick their phone and keep them locked up inside the house?
Why is it "normal" for parents to forbid their child from going on school trips and participating in activities, why is a parental signature required for absolutely everything?
I am convinced the people abusing their children like that would do it to everyone if they had the ability. Too bad it's only their youngest family members who can not advocate for themselves
The internet briefly served as a safe haven for everyone who did not have a voice in their community. That's why human rights progressed so much in these few years
And now, the liberties that led to us obtaining these rights are being revoked under the guise of "protecting the youth" from seeing things such as naked bodies and footage from ongoing genocide.
Age verification, beyond simply restricting children from any kind of autonomy, links real-world identity to online activity. Even if data is not supposed to be retained, there are still massive leaks. Such weak points should not be allowed to exist
I have a track record of my predictions coming true. I correctly predicted the effects the advent of AI would have, I correctly predicted what Elon Musk (disgusting) would want to use Twitter for
My prediction this time is that we are soon going to see a massive regression in the rights of minorities, rights related to personal autonomy and precautions against monopolies.
With the aid of AI, Trump, current EU leadership and public ignorance, the authoritarians are winning the culture war, and there is no resistance, because they pinky promised to only go after the kids.
note: Tumblr is one of the last strongholds we have, and they already capitulated to Australian censorship laws without yet having to. Please resist
