Amidst all of the attention paid to last week’s Senate hearing on child safety online, it remains stunning just how little time was actually spent on how to help children online. Instead, we saw pu…

Politicians Are Using Kids As Props To Pass Terrible, Harmful Legislation. Don’t Let Them Get Away With It::Amidst all of the attention paid to last week’s Senate hearing on child safety online, it remains stunning just how little time was actually spent on how to help children online. Instead, we saw pure theatrical nonsense, with Senators insisting (falsely) that these five tech CEOs could magically stop bad things from happening to kids,…

    • tabularasaEnglish
      40·
      8 months ago

      They took them away many years ago.

      • CodilingusEnglish
        11·
        8 months ago

        I still use Newsgroups for sailing the digital seas. 🤷‍♂️

        • MurdocEnglish
          40·
          8 months ago

          I believe what they are referring to is that access to them is no longer included in your isp package like email is, and requires additional payment, usually to a different company.

        • tabularasaEnglish
          20·
          8 months ago

          Your ISPs, or do you pay for a third party like TweakNews or UsenetExpress?

          • CodilingusEnglish
            10·
            8 months ago

            I pay for one. I wasn’t aware ISPs ever provided them. TIL. I thought the comment meant they blocked usenets you pay for.

            • tabularasaEnglish
              20·
              8 months ago

              Yeah, believe it or not they would come free from your ISP, back in the day. Those were the days.