@paulbernal.bsky.social this is the most pathetic attempt to save face I've ever seen youtu.be/cpn6Al-rRiY?...

@paulbernal.bsky.social a genuinely good reason for Clapton to vote binface youtube.com/shorts/1c-_I...

@heatherburnstech.bsky.social huh, no wonder the NSPCC championed the OSA so much, clearly they wanted someone to do there job for them www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

@paulbernal.bsky.social huh, no wonder the NSPCC championed the OSA so much, clearly they wanted someone to do there job for them www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

@masnick.com you may want to take a look at this bsky.app/profile/heat...

@paulbernal.bsky.social Holy hell this is serious bsky.app/profile/heat...

@paulbernal.bsky.social don't know if you can read this but you were right (not that it wasn't inevitable) www.ft.com/content/224e...

@mikestabile.bsky.social the owner of merlin-kingdom.com has informed people on a discord server that Epoch might pull processing if the site doesn't implement AV, and sound's like it has to be worldwide, an adult processer is now forcing AV.

#taskmaster my dad believes the answer to the puzzle is there alphabetical in the letters you would use first when spelling out how to pronounce the actual letters

@paulbernal.bsky.social I'd say I'm speechless put this is a woman who believed when someone at google told here algorithms where the result of someone turning dials to show more liberal or more conservative content bsky.app/profile/mike...

@paulbernal.bsky.social reading this and Hadit's (who's in the Epstein files) idea of a coddled generation i suddenly understand why he want's kids of social media www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

@alecmuffett.bsky.social this is an interesting news development with regards to AV and makes me wonder about the future of the Internet www.wired.com/story/pornhu...

@paulbernal.bsky.social this is a genuinely interesting development with regards to AV and does make me wonder about the future of the Internet www.wired.com/story/pornhu...

@paulbernal.bsky.social so apparently the lords have folded and let the government have there way regarding the consultation rather than an outright ban on social media www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalO...

@paulbernal.bsky.social it's frightening that someone understands the Internet so little that they think this is a good idea bsky.app/profile/owen...

@paulbernal.bsky.social so in relation to yesterday, apparently in spite of everything in the news yesterday about under 16 and social media the commons and the lords still aren't agreeing on anything so was probably all noise www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalO...

@paulbernal.bsky.social wow, EU wide AV is a dog's dinner www.politico.eu/article/nati...

@paulbernal.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/heat...

@paulbernal.bsky.social wait what! A under 16 ban AND a curfew, who the hell is the curfew for when you (think) you got rid of the under 16's news.sky.com/story/social...

@paulbernal.bsky.social (it's a bit far down in the article but) i knew part off this moral panic (as always) was about class www.techdirt.com/2026/04/21/t...

@paulbernal.bsky.social sorry but this is just beautiful, there clearly losing money bmmagazine.co.uk/in-business/...

@paulbernal.bsky.social " including some saying her children should be taken away from her." any respect i could have had for people who support a kids social media ban is GONE www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@paulbernal.bsky.social I can see where this is going, burden forces all porn to be blocked in the uk, VPN usage goes up, suddenly using a VPN is associated with looking for illegal porn, because OBVIOUSLY you must be looking for something illegal from a blocked site bsky.app/profile/owen...

@paulbernal.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’" oh yes there is!

@paulbernal.bsky.social oh look, something about AV that was absolutely predicted www.woodhullfoundation.org/press-releas...

@paulbernal.bsky.social this is the best thing on the subject of online privacy in a long time and she actually got jon to rethink his ideas and even the audience by the sound of it youtu.be/QkC1aK7jfLo?...

@heatherburnstech.bsky.social confirming everything you said about grieving parents and PR firms late into this video. Turns out they were there with the parents at the addiction trial youtu.be/Ype6c6DdHQY?...

@paulbernal.bsky.social @alecmuffett.bsky.social @jmiers230.bsky.social here's a thought, if the lawsuits shutdown American social media what are the chances Russian or Chinese based platforms (can't be sued) take there place? The enemy can only be displaced not destroyed.

@paulbernal.bsky.social really sums up how afraid I am right now, I don't want this new Internet that's coming and I don't think the public really do but there cheering it on www.techdirt.com/2026/03/26/e...

@paulbernal.bsky.social again not a fan of zuckerberg but this seems bad because what's being demanded is the impossible or in the case of the prosecution demanding AV there demanding something that will make the problem worse www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

@paulbernal.bsky.social this terrifies me, I won't be able to be on social media at all if AV or not account is the norm ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

@paulbernal.bsky.social @heatherburnstech.bsky.social well what a surprise (not) yoti we're storing biometric AV data longer than they said they were, how many more stories do we need for people to realise how bad it is bsky.app/profile/mike...

@paulbernal.bsky.social the media today is saying the commons have rejected under 16 social media ban but they haven't they approved the under 16 ban for everything the SOS decides which is worse www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@paulbernal.bsky.social good lord, LBC going out of there way to equate bypassing the OSA with crime (and no it's not an "indirect" consequence of the OSA it's a direct consequence and the faster that's realised the better) www.lbc.co.uk/article/sex-...

@paulbernal.bsky.social um, wow deja vu youtube.com/post/UgkxvG9...

@paulbernal.bsky.social OK, so a lot seems to be happening in America. KOSA and the SCREEN ACT (AV for porn in all of America) was combined along with many other bills into the KIDS ACT, the mark up just happened and originally lost 24 to 28 but 4 nay's flipped and got out of committee (cont)

@paulbernal.bsky.social I was about to say "well what was the point of the consolation then" then I realised, oh so they can act quickly when it's over, never mind they've probably made there mind up already, and no 2 way's they just regulated the whole Internet bsky.app/profile/owen...

@paulbernal.bsky.social this is great, such a shame no one important will listen www.politico.eu/article/age-...

@paulbernal.bsky.social is it really a fair test if the kids have volunteered (assuming they have), and even then you just know they'll say the inevitable frustration of not being able to access social media is proof of need for a ban www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

@paulbernal.bsky.social this story passed me by, didn't we say categorising people by age with AV wouldn't stop grooming all it would do is identify the kids, but apparently critical thinking isn't necessarily when making legislation www.wired.com/story/roblox...

@paulbernal.bsky.social @alecmuffett.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/baku...

@paulbernal.bsky.social @alecmuffett.bsky.social I'm too dumb to understand any of this, are persona being honest or is this pure damage control withpersona.com/blog/post-in...

@paulbernal.bsky.social I've been thinking, earlier this month I linked you this video about where the whole AV will go annoyed about how 6 months have passed now but it didn't look like there was going to be any backtrack (cont) youtu.be/TTxaF-oFwrI?...

@paulbernal.bsky.social it's occurred to me, roblox use persona and one of the dangers was persona exposing data to the open web, could a mainstream journey PLEASE do a story on persona's AV exposing children's data to predators.

@paulbernal.bsky.social wow, discord has delayed AV until the second half of the year. www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...

@paulbernal.bsky.social glad there appealing but I don't think they'll win, I would prefer this go all the way to judicial review to argue age identifying kids by nature IS harmful data gathering.

@redlianak.bsky.social is it ok for you to do a video on this because I'm getting really anxious about it bsky.app/profile/heat...

@paulbernal.bsky.social a sobering and depressing thread bsky.app/profile/heat...

@paulbernal.bsky.social if this article show's anything it's that parents are dumb as hell www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

@paulbernal.bsky.social discord have cut ties with persona for AV arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...