Maureen Flatley
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Aging housewife. Troublemaker.
If you're looking for truly independent reporting and comprehensive coverage on tech and related issues
@techdirt.com
should be your must read every day.
@mmasnick.bsky.social
leadership ensures that it's the first post I open every day.
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"Donāt sweat the anger youāll receive from kids who would rather scroll. Youāre in this to help your children thrive tomorrow, not be your friend today." Confused about what to do about your kids & social media? Don't be. The answer is you.
www.wsj.com/opinion/less...
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Opinion | Lessons From Modern Parenthood
My wife and I followed our parentsā example. Our kids didnāt always like it, but the point was to help them thrive as adults.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/lessons-from-modern-parenthood-1409ec95?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
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I'm just going to leave this here....becuase I agree w/ it completely. Everyone needs to stop blaming a wide range of societal factors on technology. It's lazy and it's wrong.
www.thefp.com/p/stop-tryin...
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Stop Trying to Ban Teens from the Internet
Australiaās under-16 social media ban is based on bad data and worse logic.
https://www.thefp.com/p/stop-trying-to-ban-teens-from-the
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That few, if any, senior Democrats in the Senate are listening to one of the smartest & most senior Dems in Congress is jaw dropping. In decades of watching Congress attempt to do dumb things, this move is in a class by itself. Ignoring
@wyden.senate.gov
warnings is the ultimate fool's errand.
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9 days ago
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Somehow I don't think teenagers on social media is the problem, Australia-wise.
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10 days ago
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The Ramparts....at The Stag's Head....covering the ultimate Irish Xmas song....Nollaig Shona, y'all.
youtu.be/TBwkdDXHOH4?...
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Fairytale Of New York - The Ramparts
YouTube video by The Ramparts
https://youtu.be/TBwkdDXHOH4?si=dl7l-J1-A2DtIWPc
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I'm just going to leave this here because I'm pretty sure something will happen today to make us need it:
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Jiminy Glick Interviews Bill Hader
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
https://youtu.be/RoUAp9HCUv0?si=lucYaPDf3ZlAPwOn
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Years ago many of the same people pushing liability for social media voted to immunize gun manufacturers from claims. Guns kill many more kids than social media.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
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Guns are the leading cause of death for American children. What to know
In 2021, gun violence replaced car crashes as the leading cause of death for children in the U.S. It has remained since then.
https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12/guns-are-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-american-children-what-to-know/#:~:text=Guns%20are%20the%20leading%20cause,What%20to%20know&text=More%20American%20kids%20die%20from,consider%20to%20get%20you%20started
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Being opposed to KOSA is not being "for" Big Tech.....it's about being opposed to predators and being for kids. Letting predators & drug dealers roam around is reckless & irresponsible. Start there.
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To all the Dems who are sucking up to Marsha Blackburn might want to listen to the OG Dem
@wyden.senate.gov
on these issues. The devil actually is in the details.
@warren.senate.gov
www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Wyden Objects to Bill That Would Threaten Encryption, Calls for New Resources to Crack Down on Predators Online | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-objects-to-bill-that-would-threaten-encryption-calls-for-new-resources-to-crack-down-on-predators-online
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The buck most definitely stops at the kitchen table when it comes to online child safety.....this from an actual young person, the always insightful David McGarry:
spectator.org/parents-have...
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Parents Have Everything They Need to Keep Their Children Safe Online ā The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
The politically engaged members of Generation Z have undertaken to instruct the nation as to the proper regulation of technologies such as smartphones, social media, and artificial intelligence. Some ...
https://spectator.org/parents-have-everything-they-need-to-keep-their-children-safe-online/
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& let's not forget that she is partnering w/ the heart of darkness legislatively Marsha Blackburn who was instrumental in the vote to immunize gun mfgs from civil liability when school shootings became prevalent. She should not even be having coffee w/ this people.
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if this child had become addicted to drugs he would be in foster care. This kind of claim gives ambulance chasing a bad name.
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I stop reading w/ the line "he began playing video games at 3 years old"..........this is a ridiculous, specious claim that ignores their state child welfare statute.
www.aboutlawsuits.com/roblox-minec...
@legalminimum.bsky.social
@rszasz.saxonco.com
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Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite Designed to Cause Video Game Addiction, Lawsuit Alleges
Mother's video game addiction lawsuit claims Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite were specifically designed to addict young children with zero regard for the mental health damage that could follow.
https://www.aboutlawsuits.com/roblox-minecraft-fortnite-video-game-addiction-lawsuit/
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@warren.senate.gov
writing from the North Shore to express extreme disappointment that you would ally yourself w/ the former Morality in Media (now NCOSE) to promote censorship & homophobia. This is not the answer to protect kids.
dcjournal.com/congress-is-...
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@legalminimum.bsky.social
@nixonnixoff.bsky.social
FYSA:
www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...
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Protecting Our Children Online Against the Evolving Offender | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/protecting-our-children-online-against-the-evolving-offender
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@legalminimum.bsky.social
@nixonnixoff.bsky.social
take note.
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21 days ago
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If a 5yo is on a platform like this it's not tech problem it's a parenting problem. FL's child welfare statute would consider this child endangerment IRL. It's time to connect the dots. The Roblox cases are becoming extremely disturbing as younger plaintiffs appear. But not for reasons you think.
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Child exploitation takes a lot of forms. This is one of them.
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The person who gets this most effectively is
@wyden.senate.gov
who has crafted a bill - the Invest in Child Safety Act - that would right size funding, staffing and oversight.
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@paultaske.bsky.social
take note - a real expert's opinion, an actual victim.
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My commentary on this week's House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on child safety online.
#stopchildpredators
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Congress Is Rearranging Deck Chairs While Predators Walk Free ā DC Journal - InsideSources
After watching theĀ House Energy & CommerceĀ hearing on āprotecting kids online,ā I was reminded that Congress is debating the wrong crisis.
https://dcjournal.com/congress-is-rearranging-deck-chairs-while-predators-walk-free/
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@georgehahn.com
apropos your Patreon today, would love it if you posted more instrumental playlists for work music? I have played your original No Words so many times Spotify thinks Jackie Gleason is my favorite artist! It's so perfect but would love more from your peerless taste!
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@mmasnick.bsky.social
never fails us when it comes to focusing on the real issues & facts.
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4 months ago
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The only person who has focused on this in any meaningful way is
@wyden.senate.gov
whose Invest in Child Safety Act should be the global model for how to protect kids.
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The UK's Online Safety Act is a misguided effort to solve a problem they don't understand. The lack of focus on law enforcement ensures the digital crime wave will continue. This is a global crime problem. We have to treat it like one.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
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The Online Safety Act censors dissent, while letting paedophiles roam free
Only a fraction of child-porn offences reported by tech firms are investigated
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/14/the-online-safety-act-censors-dissent-lets-paedophiles-roam/
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What monumental cowardice.
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9 months ago
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Does everyone want to live next door to
@kris-and-dave.bsky.social
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We're going to need a lot of tiny little coffins w/ this one in charge.......
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As Doctors Predicted, RFK Jr.'s Bogus Vitamin A Claims Are Making Some Measles Patients More Sick
A Texas children's hospital is now treating children for vitamin A toxicity after RFK Jr. touted the vitamin as a measles treatment.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-vitamin-a-toxicity-measles_l_67e6a46ee4b086a4e8de55cf?d_id=8895623&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000067&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=us_main
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And w/ this we have reached the "Find Out" part of
#FAFO
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āMAGA Junkieā Fired in DOGE Cuts Now Regrets Voting for Trump: āI Expected Betterā
āI was a MAGA junkie, a MAGA junkie who thought her government job would be safe with Donald Trump in office,ā says West Virginia woman fired from the Bureau of Fiscal Service.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-fired-in-doge-cuts-now-regrets-voting-for-trump-i-expected-better/
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TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS to produce these Prison Guard Barbie MAGA campaign videos. Would love to see the receipts for hair & makeup. Those hair extensions won't buy themselves.
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Of course, the words "brain trust" are being used loosely here........
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As if often the case,
@mmasnick.bsky.social
says what many of us are thinking.......
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Every word. Time to stop taking butter knives to gunfights.
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Is it just me or should
@parkerposey.bsky.social
Victoria character have her own show.......just a thought before I return to a feeling of hopeless & despair over the failure of Dems to get a grip.
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It's almost like they stay up all night thinking of ways to screw over children.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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White House reportedly halts funding for legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children
Critics say cuts will mean that children will have to face off alone in court against experienced Ice attorneys
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/22/white-house-legal-aid-funding-cuts-unaccompanied-migrant-children
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Just to reiterate, this is
@mmasnick.bsky.social
insightful take on the lunacy of Dem Senators (or anyone for that matter) going along w/ the dumb idea of eliminating Sec. 230. This is a thinly veiled effort to enhance censorship, anti LGBTQ bigotry. Very bad idea.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
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Just to be clear, any effort to obscure what has happened to these children is the worst kind of abuse/exploitation. A cynical person might even say it helps promote war crimes.
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Dear Every Democrat in Congress, why would you even consider collaborating w/ MAGA R's to enhance their over efforts to foster more censorship? Don't be stupid. Signed, Mrs. McNeil
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Hey, yāallā¦ā¦
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