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    1 day ago

    i mean…an app directly copying a black mirror episode (but almost exclusively targeting a specific demographic) does ring some very, VERY loud alarm bells…

    like, this is literally the plot of nosedive.

    it’s a social credit system.

    and none of the people even know they HAVE a score, so it’s somehow even worse than the fictional scenario.

    this will, absolutely, hurt innocents and it will do so by design.

    “fuck them innocents!”…just because they happen to be men?

    how is that anything other than misandrist?

    how is that defensible?

    how is doxxing, mass libel, and targeted harassment a solution to sexism and rape culture?

    I’d be really interested in hearing anything about how this is supposed to help women, because i struggle to see how sowing massive, unearned distrust between men and women is going to make anyone any safer…

    I’m really, REALLY glad that the GDPR would nuke this sort of nonsense from orbit…uploading pictures of strangers, for the explicit purpose of gossiping about them behind their backs, spreading awful rumors?

    what. the. actual. fuck. is wrong with you people?

    and i don’t mean women, or men: i mean americans and their total disregard for privacy and digital safety. what the hell…