Yeah, and then the internet gets even more censored and controlled, and it still won't make a lick of difference to protecting children.

Because control has been the entire point of this from the very beginning.

My point wasn't "it's bad that companies aren't paying the fines", it was "this entire thing is obviously dumb and unworkable and nothing at all to do with protecting children." 💀

If you don't start fining them, they won't improve. £1000 / day per person.

They've issued 11 fines since March last year. 2 have been paid. Because none of the big offenders are UK-based, so they don't give a shit. 🤷‍♂️

I'm autistic and this would really simplify things tbh

Wow, and the "quality level" was already pretty bad

Researchers historically tended to assume birds either did not masturbate or did so only under the stress of captivity ... Accounts from hobbyists revealed that some owners had sought veterinary help when they caught their birds masturbating, fearing the animals might hurt themselves.

If you give it back with scratches on it, will you be into negative equity? 😬 I assume it'll come with all the bad parts of car leasing, too...

Specifically, these Nintendo Switch emulators illegally circumvent Nintendo’s TPMs in order to run illegal copies of Nintendo Switch games.

I mean, sure, that's what they do when people use them for that. 🤷 I can play Game Boy games in my browser, should we take down all the browsers, too?

My absolute favourite is

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Twist: he actually hates AI but DLSS 6 is changing his words in real time

Not necessarily bots, but astroturfing, yes.

The Israeli government spends a lot of time and money on targeted ads and campaigning to get people to vote for their song. Not just in Israel, either, these are Israeli embassy accounts:

Soooooo go on MSNBC and say "Hell no" and "over my dead body!"

And then Jon Stewart smash-cuts to a report revealing you actually voted "Yes"? Like always happens? Cool great awesome

TiVo Plans to End Free Automatic Commercial Skipping in November

I bet building a ton of data centres is the answer ✨

There will be suicides for sure.

I mean, it already happens on the stupidly long waiting lists, so this basically guarantees it. So fucking pointlessly cruel.

'Sicko' showed footage of hospitals dumping sick, disabled, disoriented people on the street and l leaving them to wander because they couldn't afford healthcare. That was nearly 20 years ago. 🤷‍♂️

Streisand effect?

Also if you have to hand someone off to another colleague, I find you can just use "we", and it still feels polite. At least compared to calling them "the customer" (clumsy) or "they" (weird, when they're right next to you). 😃

"So, we're looking for [product], and we need it to be [thing]. Oh, and we have a budget of £25."