How can anyone suggest government have more oversight on an individual's use of the Internet? Our president spent an hour posting nearly 90 bitchy posts on his "Truth Social" site just a couple late nights ago. Not only is he not qualified to oversee the usage of social media and the Internet in general, but he is amazing at picking the absolute worst people to head up government projects.

The Internet is here and is widely used. You can't unring this bell.

@Leonardo17

Quote:They [the UK] are banning junk food commercials. 

This is not true.

Quote:They’ve already banned single use plastic

This is not true.

Quote:Ireland was the first country to ban all tobacco products in the year 2004. 

This is not true. 

Quote:On the other hand China has very strict rules on computer and internet usage that go back 20 years or more.

Strict rules are not the same as bans.

Quote:You might think they are very smart. But they have smoking bans only since 2010.

Smoking is not banned in China.

Boru

@Leonardo17

Quote:I am not talking about the complete outlawing of any of these substances. I think this has to do more with limitation and reducing rather than forbidding these things completely.

Then you clearly don’t understand the difference between ‘a restriction’ and ‘a ban’.

Boru

What words do?

(January 7, 2026 at 3:36 pm)Angrboda Wrote: What words do?

I will admit to enjoying his backpedals, though.

Boru

As if 16 year olds aren’t tech savvy enough to find their way onto an age restricted site.

Boru

(January 6, 2026 at 4:44 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: Paleophyte:
 
Who banned the internet to everyone over 16?

The same people who replaced all the birds with drones.  

Quote:Right now people just don’t get it.

There's a difference between not getting it and not agreeing with you. Some of us simply don't agree with banning things "for your own good" because "we know best".

When things get banned, they simply continue being done in secret. And no one more than the rich & powerful love doing things in secret.