Fourth, other age checks cited like bank checks and email surveillance are literally insane 🤷‍♀️ Far from “reining in Big Tech”, this is a gift to them - a huge transfer of power and data from the public to the tech companies, wrapped in child safety branding.

Third, why on EARTH would anyone who cares about child safety tell kids to frequently send photos of themselves / switch on webcams, just to browse openly? Safety is about behaviour. This is risky behaviour. We need to train children to refuse intrusive personal data demands.

Wasn't Youtube a great way for poorer children to close the gap on those whose parents paid for tutoring. Did Starmer think about any of this?

RT @ellasrhapsody: When I was too ill to go to school my council left me without education for 18 months. If it hadn’t been able to access…

Our leaders are not smart at all (but when have they ever been). Where’s the robust plans to strengthen youth third and outdoor spaces, where’s the conversation about third party data and monopoly they have on sensitive information. This is a recipe for disaster. No plan or infrastructure, just posturing and performance.

Among much utter mince uttered by the English Court of Appeal today. Lady Chief Justice Carr said that the suffragettes were non-violent and did not plan any actions in secret. Which is so ignorant of history I don't know where to start...

Children have utterly let down to date. But what does a ‘social media ban’ actually mean? Is this really age verification for all? And what does that entail? Because on the surface this looks like rushed populist techsolutionism that will hand *more* power to the platforms. 1/

that’s the question isn’t it. what WILL she do? there are no youth clubs for her to attend. food, cinema tickets, any sort of third space activity is all too expensive. their parents are underpaid, saturday jobs don’t exist any more, children have truly been abandoned by the govt

I have been contacted by many constituents about the harm caused to children by social media - from viewing inappropriate content and the risk of grooming, to bullying and the impact on mental health. I share these concerns, but I worry that a blanket social media ban for under-16s isn’t the answer. Firstly, it’s unlikely to work. Young people will either find ways to access these sites, or they will be pushed to even less regulated and darker corners of the internet. But fundamentally, a ban like this lets Big Tech off the hook for creating and profiting from these harms. What young people, and all of us, need is safety by design. Experts have spent years calling for algorithmic accountability and default protections to be built into these platforms, alongside stronger regulation.

it is a fundamental failure of society for one man to be able to amass such sickening levels of wealth as 673 million people across the world go hungry every single day.

A response of “chill, relax” when asked about a World Cup host nation vindictively wielding visa restrictions against players, journalists, and fans is perhaps the perfect encapsulation of Infantino — always trying pitifully to look cool when what’s needed is actual leadership.

🤍 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻 Leeds United can confirm that Illan Meslier will leave this summer upon the expiration of his contract. Everyone at the club thanks Illan for his service and wishes him all the best for the future

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So @FIFAcom’s position is that a referee they selected for the World Cup can be excluded because of one host country’s racism, and FIFA bears no responsibility whatsoever. Then why wasn’t he assigned to Canada or Mexico? The tournament has three host countries. The obstacle is one country, not the entire World Cup. So why isn't FIFA finding a solution? What FIFA is really saying is that when officials from the Global South are discriminated against, accommodation is impossible and exclusion is acceptable. A World Cup that only works for holders of the right passports is not a global tournament. It’s a privilege masquerading as one.

When Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard, Nigel Farage released a five-minute video urging people not to attack men or the police. Today, in response to the murder of Henry Nowak, he called for "pure cold rage."

Jaka Bijol looks like Rasmus Kristen from behind with this haircut. I don't like it.

I’m not sure we’ll ever see this guy in a Leeds shirt again and that makes me indescribably sad

Unai Emery is probably going to win the Europa League with Sevilla, Villarreal and Aston Villa. That’s like some kind of Football Manager save goal to succeed with all the teams with “Villa” in.

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1970. A young girl saw the Leeds vs Chelsea FA Cup Final at Wembley on TV. She chose to support Leeds & started a lifelong obsession. She never thought she'd see them at Wembley. 56 years on my wonderful Mum's at Wembley with me to see Leeds vs Chelsea in the FA Cup #FullCircle