> It came after the Sunday Times reported, external that the UK's social media ban was being expanded to include the popular second-hand online marketplaces.
> The move was due to fears that messaging functions on the platforms allowed strangers to groom children, according to the newspaper. It suggested similar reselling platforms, Depop and Facebook Marketplace, would also be included in the list of banned sites.
Leaving such sites with the choice to nerf and/or tightly monitor their messaging functions.
(Or bet that the UK gov't doesn't actually have the attention span and will to go through with the ban.)
Good grief. eBay? What, are the kids going to subject themselves to a weird future by buying second hand electronics, books and clothes?
It's like living in an episode of Brass Eye.
No one was talking about having to present your passport to eBay at the last elections.
Bit by bit they're taking away the right to communicate anonymously and using "won't someone think of the children" as justification.
> It came after the Sunday Times reported, external that the UK's social media ban was being expanded to include the popular second-hand online marketplaces.
> The move was due to fears that messaging functions on the platforms allowed strangers to groom children, according to the newspaper. It suggested similar reselling platforms, Depop and Facebook Marketplace, would also be included in the list of banned sites.
Leaving such sites with the choice to nerf and/or tightly monitor their messaging functions.
(Or bet that the UK gov't doesn't actually have the attention span and will to go through with the ban.)