Post B5lz0NqHaSfIz3aUPA by KalabawCNC@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B5li0iA0LXgcmKNnLU by eff@mastodon.social
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       When California leads, other states follow—especially on tech. We can’t let California lead the U.S. into an unconstitutional social media ban that destroys privacy and harms youth. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/act-now-stop-californias-paternalistic-and-privacy-destroying-social-media-ban
       
 (DIR) Post #B5li0id4bSwGETz0ee by eff@mastodon.social
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       Banning everyone under 16 from social media is bad public policy. CA's AB 2047 is framed as a safety measure, but really, it's a blunt instrument of censorship that several vital lifelines for young Californians. Tell your legislators to abandon this approach: https://act.eff.org/action/stop-california-s-social-media-ban-a-b-1709
       
 (DIR) Post #B5lmmIaD93dbAVaUTo by drewdaniels@mastodon.online
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       @eff Manitoba and Canada is working on this too.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5lshvCYjav7DcowZk by paulbrzeski@mastodon.social
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       @eff Banning under 16's from social media been a disaster here in Australia.Around 4 in 5 teens are still using social media anyway, just through workarounds.Vulnerable young people, especially LGBTIQA+ youth and those escaping domestic violence, who relied on social media as a safe space have had that support disrupted, in some cases putting them at greater risk.Meanwhile, vast amounts of ID data have been exposed or scraped by unknown actors online.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5lu3JxRzCLu2CWORM by truls@mastodon.babb.no
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       @eff I pity US-citizens for the restrictions imposed. So far I am happy with European regulations.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5lz0NqHaSfIz3aUPA by KalabawCNC@mastodon.social
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       @eff Its not the ban I am worried about. It the survalence system they are putting in place that will leak all our PII data to every app that runs on a device. This is especially problamatic for medical devices that break HIPAA regulations and systems used by engineers working on ITAR projects like rocket engjnes or defense contractors! These are very serious violations of such privacy regulated industries!!
       
 (DIR) Post #B5m5jCAgQRqdXjsfyK by shwell@mastodon.au
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       @eff Take note, the democrats are leading this surveillance effort. That's not to say the Republican's won't jump on it. And it is the AIPAC democrats such as Newsom. Vote against them.