News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control. Parent comment

Re:Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control by scotty79 on Saturday March 21, 2026 @07:52PM (#47472820)
> ruin political candidates, powerful CEOs, and wealthy people

This is mostly fantasy propagated by works of fiction. In the real world release of any evidence of sins has practically zero impact on the wealthy people and when it very occasionally does have an impact it just happens in cases of people who weren't wealthy enough for the circumstances.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control by rudhdb773b on Saturday March 21, 2026 @08:09PM (#47472940)
The government can do a whole lot more than embarrass CEOs and powerful people they don't like. Look at how China controls its tech CEOs by making them disappear until their views align.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control by echelon on Saturday March 21, 2026 @08:02PM (#47472899)
The Epstein Island isn't just a fantasy playground for sickos.

Every single one of those people has a noose around their neck and is being told what to do. They have a gun to their head now.

The intelligence apparatus has been exploiting dynamics like this for a long time.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control by rdevilla on Saturday March 21, 2026 @08:22PM (#47473038)
The west runs on blackmail. If they can't find any dirt on you, you're not getting into power, and that's a fact.
[ Parent | on HN ]