Because bans have worked so well before. /s
A more appropriate headline would read something like… “UK government shows their incompetence by attempting to block children from social media.”
…While allowing the real abusers of power to continue on. The bans are targeting the wrong people - children but also teenagers shouldnt have their rights barred because the bad guys exist. Its the bad guys who should face the consequences.
Its likely a precursor to VPNs and identity checks but I do support social media getting out of kids lives - it should just result in large fines for the company ad parent.
It’s probably time I should get off my ass and write to my Labour representative saying I’m voting for any other party until they repeal this (and the “online safety act”).
I hate social media but I hate “papers, please” to use the web even more.
I’ve arrived at the same conclusion and will be writing to my Labour MP as well - we let the pot boil too long on this unfortunately.
Let me get this straight. You would vote for any other party, which equates to reform getting in and doing an unimaginable amount of damage to the country, because labour has banned YouTube, tiktok, Snapchat and Facebook for kids?
Think for a second here, friend. How do they know weather someone is above 16?
Age verification? What’s your point… voting for anyone else enables reform to get in which leads to America.
My point is that this isn’t about kids.
I believe it is. The government capabilities of spying on its citizens doesn’t require it to have age verification lol… In any case, UK people can’t be spied on.
In any case, UK people can’t be spied on.
Oh interesting! Why do you think that?
What the heck is your point exactly? We shouldn’t have mass surveillance? But we already do… Have you seen how many cameras there are? Do you know DWP can access your internet history if they suspect benefit fraud? No warrant required… And that’s one of dozens of government departments that can just whip up your internet history…
This isn’t some grand attempt at putting the final bit of the puzzle together… there are legitimately multiple generations of children who can’t read, accessing brain dead content that are turning into potatoes and becoming radicalised… Shall we just stop all attempts at preventing that because you’re worried about your privacy?
I would write to my MP that I would vote for any other party to make it clear this is an issue. I am not saying all other parties are adcAequally good.
It’s difficult to tell if you’re being sincere when you phrase what I see as a problem of mass surveillancep&r
I know what you said, you said you would go torched earth if labour don’t drop the bill to protect kids from bad sites. You would vote for anyone else, which is essentially hanging the towel and letting reform win. First past the post and all that.
You’re under the impression we don’t already have massive surveillance? I know you know we do, the only difference is we don’t have any of the perks of it, such as stopping kids from accessing highly damaging content online.
A party that won’t fix the issue of FPTP with a proportional voting system are the ones who do not want my vote over other parties. Perhaps you too should speak to your MP about that, instead of blaming me for others getting into power. I will no longer vote for who I don’t want to merely keep another party out. Deal with it.
It won’t work lol
I can’t believe YouTube got included in the ban.
Good, youtube is sloppy shit and they are just as predatory a the rest.
Hope it encourages then to drop shorts to a separste app.
I guess I don’t participate in the social aspect of YouTube. I just watch videos and occasionally give a thumbs up. No idea on their business practices
At least they did something right. Social media is made to get people addicted. I close my Facebook account because I noticed the feeds I was getting was just pure brain rot, low denominator slop to get people to keep sliding the feed. They should go further, for 18 years old and over.
They should implement this where the onus is on parents to prevent kids from accessing the sites.
Lol! Parents take responsibility for raising their kids? In 2026? That’s a good one… this is the age of iPad parenting. Ain’t no one expecting parents to do the work.
