Re: What IS "Social Media"??

On 7/02/2026 11:40 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2026-02-07 09:57, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 7/02/2026 12:34 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2026-02-06 11:15, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>> On 6/02/2026 7:43 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>> On 2026-02-05 15:13, s|b wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:48:05 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2026-02-01 09:21, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cross-posted to Linux and Win-11 NGs
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As may here would be aware, last December, the Australian
>>>>>>>> Government brought in Legislation to limit the access to
>>>>>>>> "Social Media" for those under 16 years of age.
>>>>>>> Spain just announced (in the Dubai Summit) it is going to do
>>>>>>> the same. The companies, like X, must actually ensure the age
>>>>>>> of the person before granting access. Method not specified,
>>>>>>> but clicking somewhere is not accepted as valid check.
>>>>>> 8< snip >8
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is not "to protect the children" as they claim. Children
>>>>>> still get access by VPN or even by putting make-up on their
>>>>>> face to look older (this is proven to fool the age detection)
>>>>>> or by using their parent's account with their approval.
>>>>>
>>>>> Parents here are asking for this. It is hard to prohibit your kid
>>>>> to access the phone, "because all my friends have it". When it is
>>>>>  prohibited for everybody, it is easier. Nobody has access.
>>>>
>>>> And, if the Parents then end up with troubled kids, they (the
>>>> parents) have no one to blame but themselves.
>>>>
>>>> "My little Darlings wouldn't do THAT!!"
>>>
>>> Why would the kids be troubled because not having social media? I
>>> didn't have them.
>>
>> Did the 'other' Social Media exist back then??
> 
> No mobile phones. No internet. No computers, actually.

I was using an Apple IIE clone (Brand name ZEUS, I think.) in late 1983 
for work purposes .... No Internet connection though!

>>> Rich people from the California tech valley prohibit their children
>>> from being educated with computers and insist on paper. They would
>>> know!
>>>
>> Yeap, they should (and do!!).
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Daniel70