There’s been an enormous furore over plans to introduce mandatory age verification for social media. While many people think it’s a good thing but policy experts oppose to. To help explain why; the online gaming platform Roblox has provide us with a very timely case study.
Brief 🧵
Well, that was a fucking ride.
And low limits on political donations too
I remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people.
But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.
Further evidence that today's Russia not the Soviet Union. Its run out of Soviet-era gyroscopes and is unable to make more.
Reminds me of Gibbon's description of post-collapse Romans who 'still considered themselves as the lords of the world... But they were living among the ruins of their own greatness, and the bones of their ancestors'.
