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UK: Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Under-16s will be banned from using social media, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced.

Starmer says social media is making children unhappy, making it easier for bullies to abuse children, and is "designed to be addictive". A ban would give children more time, security, and more freedom to grow up - as well as more opportunities, he adds.

"That is all any parent wants. They want to know that Britain will be better for their children, that they will get a fair chance," the PM says in a speech in Downing Street.

Starmer adds that the government is "not prepared to compromise" on the safety and happiness of children - and that includes in the regulation and enforcement of this ban. He says the government has listened to and learned from countries like Australia, where a similar ban has already been introduced.

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Plutocracies with total informational control of it's citizens produces far more harm than kids having freedom online as per their parent's direction.

But no, surrender to the government to protect the kids, I'm sure the plutocracy will keep them as safe as they plan on keeping your investments.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Social media has fueled and enabled the authoritarian power grabs across the globe.

I am not surrendering to the government by supporting the idea that children should not be accessible to everyone all the time. I do thinkparents should be more involver in their childs life online ad offline but there are reasons why governments say you can beat your kids, withold food, allow them alcohol, etc.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

There are reasons the government wants to force everyone to link their id and likeness to their ip address and accounts online, and it's not the kids.

How fucking dense are we taking the government at their word while they bring the trojan horse inside the walls of liberal democracy. In the UK at that, a country that has in fact fallen farther than the US in many respects. But it's cool because it's "our" guy doing it! Cancelling the right to protest, jury trials, surrendering citizens to tech and instituting a dystopian hellscape where peter thiel and his ilk craft secret social scores that will determine everything about your life, what jobs you will get, loans, prices charged, police and court treatment.

Fucking sheep.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 0 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

You made a lot of assumptions there and im not interested in explaining myself to someone who lacks the capacity to converse

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes ago

Those are presumptions, correct ones. Get your head out of the asses of the suits on tv telling you how things are, it's not that way, it's the other way. You might already know that and are playing us on here though. Either way, you are the problem, trusting the wrong people, or worse.