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.

"Don’t sweat the anger you’ll receive from kids who would rather scroll. You’re 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...

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...

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.

Somehow I don't think teenagers on social media is the problem, Australia-wise.

The Ramparts....at The Stag's Head....covering the ultimate Irish Xmas song....Nollaig Shona, y'all. youtu.be/TBwkdDXHOH4?...

@legalminimum.bsky.social I'm just going to leave this here because I'm pretty sure something will happen today to make us need it: youtu.be/RoUAp9HCUv0?...

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...

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.

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...

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...

& 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.

if this child had become addicted to drugs he would be in foster care. This kind of claim gives ambulance chasing a bad name.

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

@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-...

@legalminimum.bsky.social @nixonnixoff.bsky.social FYSA: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

@legalminimum.bsky.social @nixonnixoff.bsky.social take note.

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.

Child exploitation takes a lot of forms. This is one of them.

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.

@paultaske.bsky.social take note - a real expert's opinion, an actual victim.

My commentary on this week's House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on child safety online. #stopchildpredators

@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!

@mmasnick.bsky.social never fails us when it comes to focusing on the real issues & facts.

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.

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...

What monumental cowardice.

Does everyone want to live next door to @kris-and-dave.bsky.social ?

We're going to need a lot of tiny little coffins w/ this one in charge.......

And w/ this we have reached the "Find Out" part of #FAFO....

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.

Of course, the words "brain trust" are being used loosely here........

As if often the case, @mmasnick.bsky.social says what many of us are thinking.......

Every word. Time to stop taking butter knives to gunfights.

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.

It's almost like they stay up all night thinking of ways to screw over children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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...

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.

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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