@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/...

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

@paulbernal.bsky.social OK, so apparently persona just got hacked, would love fora reputable tech news site to confirm youtube.com/post/UgkxZe3...

@paulbernal.bsky.social well this is fun youtube.com/shorts/zZ98D...

@paulbernal.bsky.social more abuse from grok (but the kind the online safety advocates won't care about because it's the wrong kind of woman affected) bsky.app/profile/siri...

@paulbernal.bsky.social I'm no fan of zuckerberg but if he loses wouldn't that mean all the major social media platforms (at least) baning under-16's using AV just to avoid lawsuits? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@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...