Why stop at 16
Get rid of all of it
We never needed it anyway
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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People better start remembering the 5th of November real soon.
if the goal was to actually protect kids, it wouldn't be a problem.
however, this isn't supposed to protect kids, it's supposed to protect corpofascists.
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give children more time, security, and freedom to go up
So can trans kids access puberty blockers now or nah?
The streets are getting dangerous, it's forbidden to go outside
Anything to avoid parents actually .... parenting their children. Just like making weed illegal stopped everyone from smoking it! :D Same with alcohol.
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Typical. Punish the individual, but don't ever address the underlying social causes.
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Thousands of people are already getting arrested every year in the UK over social media posts. Good thing the government cares so much about “protecting the children”, because their parents won’t be able to from jail if they say anything the Epstein class doesn’t like, especially now that every post will be conveniently linked to a verified identity. 🙄
“Thousands”…
Don’t do Musk’s propaganda job for him. The far-right are doing well enough in the UK without people like you amplifying their lies for them
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I think this is a very interesting topic. How can you verify that someone is of age without the problem with privacy?
Would you go to a kiosk or something and buy a code that is not bound to you as a person but the person who works there have verified that you are over 16? So it will kinda be like a steam code except they need to check your actual age with a valid identification (that is only shown to the person) and that code will be bound to an account when claimed. If it is per account then that could also make it annoying for kids to create multiple accounts if they aren't of age.
How else could you do it without needing to trust someone to keep your identity safe?
Throw your ideas at me!
And we do not need perfect, look at alcohol consumptions, that is illegal for kids but some find their ways anyway. It just needs to be annoying so most don't do it or do it less
A better example for me is driving, we don't let children drive, millions of children have access to cars, there's no age gate on the ignition.
Ultimately its the parents that stop kids driving.
Ban kids from using it. Then treat it like a public health problem and educate everybody on the problems, how to identify misinformation, keep themselves safe etc. And require the companies to provide the tools parents can use to protect their own kids. Parental controls exist but i feel they aren't widely used because it's difficult and complicated.
I'd go further and start regulating the use of algorithmic feeds for everybody but that's probably harder to achieve.
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Why protect the children from rape gangs and stabbings when you can protect them from youtube and tiktok instead.
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Considering youths are the most prone to protest, this is not about their protection at all
70% of Australian children get around the ban. And besides: https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/sm-ban-bad-idea/
Funny how this is being imposed on the population at large, but the same politicians pushing it are exempt. So self-sacrificing that they will put their children and grandchildren in peril to protect ours. They're heroes.
the same politicians pushing it are exempt
Because they're all over 16?
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Fuck Keir Starmer