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What the Big Tech apologists don’t want you to know
Imagine a high-pitched scream declaring that children are being deprived of their rights.
TL;DR
- Big Tech and its apologists oppose child protection laws online, spending heavily on lobbying and legal challenges.
- Unregulated social media and internet access expose children to significant risks like sexual extortion, dangerous viral challenges, drug purchases, addiction, and predatory targeting.
- Studies and data show millions of reports of suspected child sexual exploitation, with AI rapidly generating child sexual abuse material.
- Countries like Australia, Indonesia, Germany, and the UK are implementing stricter online safety laws, including age verification for pornography.
- In the US, the Kids Online Safety Act has strong bipartisan support, and age verification laws for pornography have been upheld as constitutional.
- Legal actions are being pursued against platforms like Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok for their role in hooking young users.
- There is growing momentum to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields tech companies from liability.
- The article argues that an unregulated internet, as desired by Big Tech and Big Porn, allows children access to harmful content and predators.