107

EXCLUSIVE: EU could announce social media ban for kids in September

Von der Leyen is expected to use her annual State of the Union speech to unveil plans for EU-wide age restrictions on social media

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] hneerqe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For sure. Reddit doesn't start "testing" it just for sport.

Where have I seen such worldwide concerted action among all governments and corporations. Ah yes, when China "leaked" a virus.

Did they save lives?

or

Did they put us in house arrest?

[-] prole 1 points 23 hours ago

The fuck? What are you even trying to say here? Are you upset about the existence of a pandemic response?

[-] hneerqe@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

They turned authoritarian without batting an eye. Worldwide. That's what they really showed themselves to be. Cancelled freedom and privacy, destroyed local business and handicapped the developing children of that time. And will continue to do these things.

And yes it was unnecessary. I know you want to read into this and say I was against "a pandemic response", but not "that" pandemic response..

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Oh boy, you're one of THOSE dumbs.

[-] dropdrip@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

And they put people in house arrest, because... ? I just saw tanks being transported on public-roads today. So the reason couldn't be to covertly move weapons: that goes on in public, in broad daylight and that transit sits alongside vans delivering ice-creams to convenience stores. So, the big cabal wanted to put people under house arrest... to do what?

Pick up a book. Pandemics aren't new and neither is the orchestrated response to them by governing bodies. History can be a good reference.

[-] hneerqe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So they used medieval techniques got it.

Well they didn't, but concerning your teensy little pee brain of yours, could as well have.

I know they did the same in 1919, that's barely 20th century. And an entire century of medical progress early.

[-] prole 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Maybe you can clarify what your point here actually is?

[-] hneerqe@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

op seems to think that pandemic response is tradition based, rather than science based.

tradition as like in 1919 where people were told to put a rag on the face, ritualistic hand washing etc, and rushed novel vaccines with bacteria. Everyone died anyway.

Yeah I picked up the history book

[-] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 7 points 2 days ago

They saved lifes.

Glad to have cleared that up for you ๐Ÿ‘

this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
107 points (100.0% liked)

Privacy

49584 readers
192 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS