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Canadian Bill S-209 to implement age verification federally has advanced forward. (www.parl.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Has passed third Senate reading 15/4/2026

Has passed first House of Commons reading 30/4/2026.

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[–] 12 points 4 months ago* (4 children)

i'm not saying this isn't BAD but honestly it's hard to care that much because the internet i care about is already dead, anyway. we need to build our own mesh network

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Honestly, you're not wrong.

    Try and find a country not doing this or something almost the same, I'll wait.

    Literally every country is trying to pull this shit in 2026.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Literally every country is trying to pull this shit in 2026.

    That doesn't mean it isn't a bad idea that is being poorly implemented and will absolutely have massive privacy implications.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago*

    I bet NOW people are gonna care about that. After a lifetime of Facebook/Linkd-In etc, Foursquare/Strava/etc, unencrypted email, plaintext passwords, actual decades of never once creating a GPG key, using public WIFI, sticking passwords to monitors, and using "password" as a password, this is gonna be the straw that breaks the camel's back...

    Privacy is DEAD. Just wait until every camera in public is also generating a constant stream of AI observations.

    I don't even care about privacy (per se) anymore, I want just non-commercial spaces. You can see my ass if you want, I will gladly trade privacy for expression in a place I'm not being exploited by capital.

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