Advocates of this ban have framed it as 'standing up to big tech' when the enforcement mechanism requires anyone who wants to access these websites to hand over personal identification documents like passports and driving licenses to Meta, Google and Elon Musk. Mad stuff
π¨ NEW: Under-16s in the UK will be banned from the following 10 social media apps
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YouTube
Snapchat
Instagram
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Reddit
Facebook
Twitch
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It's also incredibly cruel.
Kids 11 plus are social animals. With correctly established rules and Parental Controls in place there is no risk. Let them have their online chat about cartoons and sports and the like.
They may even do homework together.
This is beyond cruel and only shows laziness and ignorance amongst parents and guardians.
Systems already exist to protect children online, but parents don't use them.
π¨ NEW: Under-16s in the UK will be banned from the following 10 social media apps
TikTok
YouTube
Snapchat
Instagram
X
Reddit
Facebook
Twitch
Kick
Threads
We're living in a weird world where the richest man in the world, a trillionaire, spends all day spreading misinformation and promoting racists.
He could do anything he wants in the world, but he chooses hate.
Happy 80th Birthday, President @realDonaldTrump .
The most unique, resilient, energetic, and polarising public figure Iβve ever met. You may not be everyoneβs cup of tea, Donald, but nor am I.
Enjoy your big day!
#Scotland β Neo-nazis carrying Israeli flags are trying to attack anti-racist demonstrators in Glasgow.
Yes, you heard that right: neo-nazis are now carrying Israeli flags.
Or inciting violence. If you call that βworkingβ.
Not sure how you can have so much contempt for Tommy Robinson while also praising the guy funding and amplifying him.
This is what Elon Musk doesn't want you to see on this platform. Thisβs what your media wonβt report.
Lebanon is being ethnically cleansed in real time.
Kids this age just repeat what they are taught.
This is indoctrination.
The RW will constantly say that LGBTQ "brainwash" kids, well buddy, it works both ways too.