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2026-09-17 Cyber
The European Commission will propose banning children under 13 from accessing social media
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Posted by badanov 2026-09-17 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [255 views ]  Top

1 Educational institutions can't take the competition.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-17 00:02||   2026-09-17 00:02|| Front Page Top

2 Tesla Cybercab bars kids under 13 as scrutiny grows
Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-17 00:39||   2026-09-17 00:39|| Front Page Top

3 Lets see you enforce it.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-09-17 03:18||   2026-09-17 03:18|| Front Page Top

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How about parents actually being parents and monitoring what their pre-16 y/o watches and has access to?

Otherwise, to truly enforced age content limits, would likely have the Government offering to build AI run Data Centers to monitor traffic down to the device owner level.
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Posted by NN2N1 2026-09-17 06:02||   2026-09-17 06:02|| Front Page Top

5 Should be up there with alcohol, tobacco, and guns. Basic level flip phone should suffice for communication.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-09-17 08:14||   2026-09-17 08:14|| Front Page Top

6 Texas Speaker Burrows blasts gaming company, Roblox, for refusing to testify at state hearing
Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-17 09:29||   2026-09-17 09:29|| Front Page Top

7 ...likely have the Government offering to build AI run Data Centers to monitor traffic down to the device owner level.

That is the end game. Complete government control over all your devices and what you can see.
Posted by DarthVader 2026-09-17 09:38||   2026-09-17 09:38|| Front Page Top

8 That is the end game. Complete government control over all your devices and what you can see.

Will the $29.95 monthly 'pay-for-view Gov't VIP Access Level' be added to my network provider bill ?
Posted by Besoeker  2026-09-17 09:46||   2026-09-17 09:46|| Front Page Top

9 Of course! nothing is free.
Posted by  chris 2026-09-17 11:46||   2026-09-17 11:46|| Front Page Top

10 How can they brainwash those kids if the kids can't get on TikTok?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-09-17 11:46||   2026-09-17 11:46|| Front Page Top

11 ^^ Public school system after home schooling is banned.

Also any fee you see that pays for the government intrusion will be like a "911 locator fee" or something like that.
Posted by DarthVader 2026-09-17 12:52||   2026-09-17 12:52|| Front Page Top

12 Powerful teachers' unions share striking link with states struggling to teach kids to read
Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-17 13:02||   2026-09-17 13:02|| Front Page Top

13 It's a way to tie the identify of each person to each IP address. Adults have to submit some form of identification to prove they are of age. And Europe doesn't have our "fabulous" privacy protections or anything resembling freedom of speech
Posted by Dopey Photch2701 2026-09-17 16:10||   2026-09-17 16:10|| Front Page Top

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-17 20:55||   2026-09-17 20:55|| Front Page Top

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