meme: a guy becoming a clown with each statement he makes in support for age verification laws, in the last statement he becomes a full clown 1. code is speech, and we're being forced to write code against our will, we're being treated like slaves! wait..!! are we?! 2. Age Verification laws are not the worst thing that happened to our rights 3. Age Verification should be viewed as a feature, we don't want to be left behind and lose market share. 4. You already put way more sensitive personal information on your SSDs anyways, what's wrong with your OS asking for your age?!

Honestly.. at first i was surprised (and disappointed) at some major Linux distributions not having a clear answer to age verification laws after weeks of their announcement, but then lots of them started discussing them. really! discussing them! what's […]

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Meta, YouTube found liable for social media addiction in landmark trial The verdict is a breakthrough for kids’ online safety advocates after years of fighting tech.

Welcome to this week's virtual can of worms.

Putting the bait into click bait.

#thinkofthechildren

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Historic Chat Control Vote in the EU Parliament: MEPs Vote to End Untargeted Mass Scanning of Private Chats In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control, a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications. In doing so, the Par...

Some rare Good News™ - not a step forward, rather a step back from the brink. Good for 🇪🇺, good for families, a step away from 🇺🇸 dominance and god bless the 🏴‍☠️ - #EUChatControl #ThinkOfTheChildren www.patrick-breyer.de/en/historic-...

From the linux community on Reddit: I pulled the actual bill text from 5 state age verification laws. They're copy-pasted from two templates. Meta is funding one to dodge ~$50B in COPPA fines — and th... Explore this post and more from the linux community

"I pulled the actual bill text from 5 state age verification laws. They're copy-pasted from two templates. Meta is funding one to dodge ~$50B in COPPA fines — and the other one covers Linux."

#AgeVerification #ThinkOfTheChildren #COPPA #FaceBook #Linux #OpenSource

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It's never about the children #thinkofthechildren

If Howard Lutnick misled the Senate about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, he should be investigated, impeached from public office, and prosecuted—no exceptions for the powerful.
#CongressionalOversight
#DemandHearings #trumpepsteincoverup #thinkofthechildren

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If Howard Lutnick misled the Senate about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, he should be investigated, impeached from public office, and prosecuted—no exceptions for the powerful.
#CongressionalOversight
#DemandHearings #trumpepsteincoverup #thinkofthechildren

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More " #ThinkOfTheChildren" BS outrage.

This will give PGCPS carte blanche to cancel school for the rest of the week #safety #thinkofthechildren

Raglan and the thong bikini: Are tiny togs a hot sand health hazard? Togs, togs, third degree burns. A cautionary tale about shrinking swimwear.

Hey @nzherald.bsky.social, is #KimKnight ok? Did her eyes survive the *horror* of women in bikinis? Tragic or tragedy, you pick. #NZHerald, policing women's bodies since aaages ago.
#nzpol #pearlclutchers #thinkofthechildren!

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I feel like these organizations are always innovating new ways to be compassionate. Pleasantly surprised. #philanthropy #bekind #foragoodcause #charity #charities #generosity #volunteering #PleaseDonate #compassion #ThinkoftheChildren #ChildrenareSacred #ChildrenarethFuture

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#ThinkofTheChildren #DoctorsWithoutBorders #Charity #israel #gaza #palestine

Sexual violence against children “entrenched” and rising across Democratic Republic of the Congo – UNICEF More than 35,000 cases of child rape and sexual assault recorded nationwide in 2025

#savethechildren #thinkofthechildren #humanrightsabuses #drc #AllEyesonDRC #news #worldnews #africa

Details: unicef.link/4qBhTVL

People are "commandeering" the jungle gyms meant for human children for their dogs, when there are dog parks that human children can't use. 💔
#Pets #Irresponsibility #ThinkoftheChildren

RIP to the Loyisiana Online Age Verification Law

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#AgeVerification #SocialMedia #ThinkOfTheChildren

#complicit #rhetoric #thinkofthechildren

Damn I hope Sarah stock put her poor children to bed before this match #aewdynamite #thinkofthechildren

But why does no-one mention the other four million kids who are still in poverty? Maybe we need a budget that puts them before millionaire Labour donors.

#ThinkOfTheChildren #AndTheAdults

Sight For Kids | Lions Clubs International

#thinkofthechildren #Sight

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For this reason above all, society should enshrine and ensure that all children have the opportunity to achieve their dreams.
And society does not do that, even though it lies to itself that it does.
It’s vile sanctimonious destructive hypocrisy.
#Humanity #thinkofthechildren

Screenshot of an orchid "arrangement" to be purchased from Walmart for $47.69. The flower petals have been artificially dyed blue ("just add ice!" Is in the description). Added are fern leaves and pine cones to make it look...more planty? More festive? No clue, tbh

Today my students learned: how to make a botanist cry #WTF #thinkofthechildren #iamabotanist #botanymatters #plantsarecooltoo

Hey @nflbluesky.bsky.social There's a rapist on my Lions broadcast! Please take him off asap!!! #thinkofthechildren #lockhimup #releasethefiles

$168 dollerz shy of her goal!!

Every $10 gets you an entry into the super mega raffle for the Cascadia Gamers Team!!

You could win movie stuff or even a new console!!

#ExtraLife
#CascadianGamers
#ThinkOfTheChildren

Or at least blurred out, kids can use this platform.
#ThinkOfTheChildren #Satire

#thinkofthechildren

But... The Kids love it

#thinkofthechildren

Always gotta be a talking point and a reach
Like "not enough announcements" on a 2 hr show.
Or, "why are there so many multi person matches with my fav AEW stars at once?"
Or, "this advetised violent death Match with two death Match oriented Wrestlers is too violent"

#thinkofthechildren

#Oculus has generated some of our more #DisturbungMovieArt [1] #ThinkoftheChildren [2] #SeeNoEvil [3] #MirrorImage [4] #AQuietPlace #BretonThwaites may not be well known in the US but he works well in this film but it is Gillan's Performance Ciritcs noitced #That'sTheSpirit

#Velkajarru on EU velkajarru, nyt koko EU pyrkii vähentämään velkaantumista, mikä on tärkeää EU:n tulevaisuudelle.

hyödyt näkyvät vasta kun lapset aikuistuvat.

#ThinkOfTheChildren