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[-] Dallarion@lemmy.ml 177 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] Armand1@lemmy.world 151 points 1 year ago

Reminder that there is a petition for UK residents, now with 500 000 signatures: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903

[-] artyom@piefed.social 121 points 1 year ago

Reminder that they already responded

The Government has no plans to repeal the Online Safety Act, and is working closely with Ofcom to implement the Act as quickly and effectively as possible

[-] Armand1@lemmy.world 92 points 1 year ago

Doesn't stop us from continuing to push. Since they responded we got 300 000 more signatures.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't it be sick if y'all just responded on voting day?

Here's the pitch: Do you want to prevent horrible nonsense shit from happening? Do you like money? Are you okay with people in general? Fucking vote.

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 67 points 1 year ago

You do realise that Labour were voted in as the progressive alternative on a bunch of pretty progressive campaign pledges right? The Online Safety Act and treating peaceful protesters as terrorists certainly weren't what people voted for.

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I do not realize that, I'm not from there nor do I pay attention to their politics. This was more so a call to everyone everywhere to show up at whatever booth it may be and prevent shitty policies from being considered, let alone passed.

That said, I do appreciate the info, and moreso appreciate that you archived it and linked a paywall free version. That was thoughtful.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

To translate it to American, it's a similar two party system as yours, and the UK Dems are the ones doing this.

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[-] artyom@piefed.social 14 points 1 year ago

Point is, this law was not created in service of the public. It's just another surveillance measure. Much like Chat Control, which they've pushed over and over again, despite getting pushback from literally everyone around the world every time. You could have everyone in the EU sign that petition and it wouldn't matter because it's not for you.

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[-] Guilvareux@feddit.uk 19 points 1 year ago

A huge petition that undermines the government’s democratic mandate is never a bad thing, even if they responded.

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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 96 points 1 year ago

Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?

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[-] SnotFlickerman 72 points 1 year ago
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[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 63 points 1 year ago

The internet's inability to fact check anything before re-sharing it? Yes, I agree.

[-] itslilith 56 points 1 year ago

sorry to break this to you, but zoomers are all adults now

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[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 54 points 1 year ago
[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

This timeline? Yes

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

You mean the censorship law was woefully ill-conceived and won't do anything they claim it is supposed to do? Leay it's definitely a joke, just not the type you're asking about.

[-] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. It’s not clear if this was photoshopped or a bug that has been around for years, I believe related to GeForce NOW streaming. The two clients share some code, and GeForce NOW does have an age requirement.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/572753/nvidia-app-accessibility/

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[-] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

You can on Linux just saying

[-] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 year ago
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[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 47 points 1 year ago

Makes sense, because with the nvidia graphics card you could generate AI porn.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 30 points 1 year ago
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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 year ago

Zoomers need to learn they don't need to use Nvidia's app for this. Just download the driver directly.

[-] thyristor@lemmy.pt 40 points 1 year ago

It's in the name... can't access graphic content without ID, can we? /s

On a more serious note, what about AMD graphics cards?

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 1 year ago

Boomers will also get locked out of a lot of content because verifying their age is too complicated. I feel no sympathy.

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[-] SCmSTR 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

As one of the first Baby Boomers, it's somewhat surrealistic for me to proof that I'm old enough to access an fucking web page.

[-] SCmSTR 17 points 1 year ago

As a millennial, it, too, is insane.

Which begs the question: who thinks this is a needed thing and a good idea? Who is pushing this agenda?

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

somebody in another post a few days ago suggested that this was about gaining control of the media narrative by gradually locking down parts of the internet. The idea being that today it's adult content but tomorrow its about disagreeable narratives on YouTube, TikTok, and other secondary sources of Information.

-I'd think it were a stretch of the imagination but it was shown that the motives for trying to ban TikTok (in the U.S.) were the narratives shared on the platform about Israel's ongoing genocide.

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[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 28 points 1 year ago

How the fuck does this protect kids? Adjusting graphics settings? Why not bar them from adjusting volume while they're at it.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 18 points 1 year ago

Some of those graphics might be showing boobies. Obviously this must be regulated.

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[-] bigboismith@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Also most zoomers are adults now, so no

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[-] upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This seems like it can be easily avoided by just downloading the drivers without using the nvidia app.

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[-] irotsoma 18 points 1 year ago

Not adjusting settings, but definitely auto updates which require a login and they've been adding more and more things that require an account so they can track you.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago

No wonder the Scots wanted to secede from this mess.

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