@paulbernal.bsky.social this is serious if true youtu.be/11c_JtXi4j4?...

@paulbernal.bsky.social "We are determined to give children the childhood they deserve" don't let kids develop hobbies that lead to comic-con news.sky.com/story/govern...

@paulbernal.bsky.social holy hell, should have realised the attacks of kids on social media would become transphobic, this may as well read as the Internet is making the kids trans www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

@paulbernal.bsky.social so it seems for many matrix won't be a good alternative to discord matrix.org/blog/2026/02...

@paulbernal.bsky.social well this is interesting, (this is coming from the more reactionary side of the internet but) seems what discord use for AV is persona which does store your data for a while (contrary to what they said) and persona is owned by Peter Thiel.

@paulbernal.bsky.social huh, I'd like to know where they get there data from (and i don't think discord will die) but interesting if true www.windowscentral.com/software-app...

@paulbernal.bsky.social important thread bsky.app/profile/jmie...

@paulbernal.bsky.social interesting thread bsky.app/profile/raha...

@paulbernal.bsky.social well, looks like the vpn will now be useless techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/d...

@paulbernal.bsky.social what i find interesting is one of these kids seems to be unknowingly acknowledging that her and her friends are potentially being politically radicalised by the social media ban (guess which kid I'm talking about) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@alecmuffett.bsky.social OK after the FSC announcement yesterday regarding a form of AV they trust this new story today took me by surprise techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/i...

@heatherburnstech.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/expl...

@paulbernal.bsky.social @alecmuffett.bsky.social hey, I need advice from people who understand, the FSC that represents the adult industry just endorsed this form of AV (the only one they've endorsed) would it work? www.xbiz.com/news/295445/... openageinitiative.org

@paulbernal.bsky.social so once again old people have made decisions that affect young people (and everyone) in way's they don't understand (also just learnt that the lords passed the ban vpn's for under 18's too) news.sky.com/story/loggin...

@paulbernal.bsky.social this person get's it theconversation.com/i-research-t...

@paulbernal.bsky.social she was monitoring brianna's phone and angry about her wanting to be a sex worker (which is legal), no wonder she couldn't come to her mum about her problems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

@paulbernal.bsky.social oh wow, who could have possibly predicted this, oh wait bsky.app/profile/mike...

@paulbernal.bsky.social i'm so confused, is this idea another for of AV or not? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@paulbernal.bsky.social Just because your parents that doesn't make you right, it just means you can be collectively wrong www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

@paulbernal.bsky.social welp, there's been a breach at pornhub. Not because of the AV but still an example of how worse thing's can get because of AV help.pornhub.com/hc/en-us/art...

@paulbernal.bsky.social this needs signal boosting alecmuffett.com/article/139589

@paulbernal.bsky.social wow, this really needs signal boosting alecmuffett.com/article/139589

@paulbernal.bsky.social if true then this is more worrying than we thought youtu.be/qYk-K8lhZHc?...

@paulbernal.bsky.social once again these same people want us to trust private companies with our age verification data www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@edwinhayward.com because this worked sooooo well in Australia. government's around the world are making the internet so dangerous in way's they can't understand (but the kid's do) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

@paulbernal.bsky.social @heatherburnstech.bsky.social oh great, because it worked soooooo well in Australia www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

@paulbernal.bsky.social @cyberleagle.bsky.social the telegraph were the biggest cheerleaders of the OSA now they fight it, and ironically ofcoms part about how to handle illegal speech comes across as a good compromise, auto remove until it's seen by a moderator www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

@paulbernal.bsky.social and these people want to trust sites with our AV data. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@paulbernal.bsky.social OK, someone tell me why an MP want's VPN's to track what websites people are using? Seriously how does that protect kids? www.tomsguide.com/computing/vp...

@paulbernal.bsky.social OK, someone tell me why an MP want's VPN's to track what websites people are using? Seriously how does that protect kids? www.tomsguide.com/computing/vp...

@paulbernal.bsky.social huh...........not exactly OSA specific but oh dear it could be next time mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/115729...

@paulbernal.bsky.social is this possible to do while preserving privacy? bsky.app/profile/heat...

@paulbernal.bsky.social I've been thinking, all this talk of Australian kids bypassing the under 16 social media ban, I wonder how many adults can't access there social media because they don't want to go through AV and don't know how to bypass?

@paulbernal.bsky.social take a look at the many posts on Alec's blog right now, the lords have proposed ammendments to a bill to make a social media under 16 ban and ban vpn's for under 16's alecmuffett.com/blog

@paulbernal.bsky.social while I never believed the court challenge would go anywhere either can people please stop comparing social media to tobacco www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@paulbernal.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@paulbernal.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...

@paulbernal.bsky.social hey, deja vu all over again www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@paulbernal.bsky.social wow, who could have possibly seen this coming, absolutely no one could have ever foreseen this, no not anyone www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@paulbernal.bsky.social the uk and us reaction over the OSA just get's more silly each month alecmuffett.com/article/133422

@paulbernal.bsky.social well this was inevitable, luckily according to the article kids phoned and said no. Also if you did this here then what's the point of a lot of the OSA? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@paulbernal.bsky.social holy hell the Australian gov is practically admitting there version is a game of wack-a-mole since they only target selected sites, wait till all the Australian kids go to a Russian social media platform just so they can talk (and again your can hear the contempt for kids).

@jmiers230.bsky.social hey jess, I've only now had a brief look, at the SCREEN ACT and I've got to ask what are the chances of the SCREEN ACT passing? Because after recent events that one looks like it has a good chance to me.

@paulbernal.bsky.social @heatherburnstech.bsky.social now this is how you challenge a bad child safety tech law www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@paulbernal.bsky.social this needs broadcasting if true m.youtube.com/watch?v=_sZE...

@paulbernal.bsky.social I know almost no bill's in America actually pass but HOLLY HELL www.techdirt.com/2025/11/18/b...

@paulbernal.bsky.social huh, the bbc won't pay trump, good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@paulbernal.bsky.social don't know if this is up your alley nose if these are go ammendments or not (not seen the official text) but there's a ammendment written so broad it would make it illegal for an individual to post any porn pic/vid they find to social media bsky.app/profile/mike...

@paulbernal.bsky.social well this was predictable (not the most dangerous part of the whole OSA but predictable) www.androidcentral.com/apps-softwar...

@paulbernal.bsky.social at some point they have to admit this is not about children www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...