About the Online Safety Act in the UK and the Digital Services Act in Europe

  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Personally I believe the world was a better place before the Internet existed. It was more personal, more local. The billionaire tech class was created by the Internet and are actively damaging the world for their own personal gain. Good mental health is almost non-existent for those who are always online - and that is a purposeful construct so that they will be online more and create even more revenue for the tech billionaires. The initial romantic notion that the internet would provide education and information and connection has been dwarfed by the damage it has caused. The most ‘internet raised generation - Gen Z’ is notoriously disconnected and isolated compared to previous generations. In short, if the Internet ceased to exist tomorrow, a decade from now the world would probably be a better place.

  • madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The UK populace doesn’t get nearly enough shit for all of the bullshit they have caused. They are the fucking Alabama of Europe.

  • Samsy@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Bender-Meme:

    *Selfhosters: I build my own Internet With Blackjack and Hookers

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      You joke but it would be great if we could restart the web. No bots, no corps, you have to be a nerd to get in. Maybe some specific protocol where you need a certain modem to access it, to keep other people out…

      Maybe this is what the dark web is? I haven’t dabbled.