Bruno G M Fernandes and looks like the club are close to Ederson already No Tonali No Anderson No Wharton Then move on to full backs, RB to replace Dalot and LB to challenge Shaw. Then an experienced Striker to help develop Sesko and help us in UCL. It's not that hard @ManUtd

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Blocked because I pointed this out... These are the people that have kids. Offended by simple facts, and unable to parent their children without coparenting by the state. This is why we are where we are as a country.

I am going to say this bluntly You are a FAILURE as parents if you can't keep you child off social media yourself YOU bought them the phone YOU can confiscate it during homework YOU are the parent, NOT Keir Starmer Authoritarian ban for your "convenience" is not the answer

theres no third spaces so where do they go? (especially those with bad home circumstances/ financially unstable families) genuinely just fast tracked an entire generation of depravity and boredom to make some money from ai (which mind you, is being tested on said poor kids??)

For all the people saying "so you think kids shouldn't be banned from alcohol", backing the social media ban, that's so stupid. Does that stop kids getting hold of it? Nope. Does the ban on guns/ knives stop criminals having them? Nope. Parent your kids. It's that simple.

The ban will fail. But the privacy loss will be permanent. Long after UK teens have bypassed it (just as Australian kids did, by the way)... ...the British will be stuck self-doxxing to surveillance gatekeepers to use the internet. Embarrassing legacy for Starmer, who should know better. And a daily reminder to Brits of government overreach.

Starmer: We want to digitally ID everyone who uses social media Brits: Absolutely Not! Starmer: OK then, we want to ban under 16s from social media (by digitally ID-ing everyone) Brits: OMG that’s a great idea. Idk what idiot would be against that 🥴

I have put restrictions on my kids phones so they can’t use them before 7am or after 8pm except to make calls/send texts. They can’t download apps without me approving and they’re not allowed: WhatsApp Instagram TikTok Snapchat X It’s called parenting, some should try it.

I’m not a tech person so maybe this is dumb but isnt it easier to create a “children’s phone” at point of sale so you get a phone with built-in restrictions rather than asking every single person in the country whether they are over 16 or not through hackable digital ID software?

Talk is cheap. Help is needed now. Come on the government.

The Digital Access to Services Bill was announced in the King's Speech. It will introduce digital ID to the UK. 2.98 million people signed a petition opposing the scheme. Public support sits between 27% and 38%. The government is proceeding anyway. The public consultation closed in May. A People's Panel of 100 to 120 randomly selected members, costing £630,000, is producing recommendations that conclude this Sunday. You can see how your MP votes on every bill at houseofthepeople.com

To clear up any confusion: There are TWO bans on under 16's access to social media in the UK. The first is at the app level and this comes into play next year. It will require selected social media apps to prompt for age verification when accessing them. The second more insidious one is happening much sooner. This one is the 'nudity detection' feature and this one operates on device level. It will require every adult to show a form of ID in order to operate their phones and tablets without restrictions/monitoring. The voluntary deadlines to tech companies to implement this is around early September this year. If Apple, Google and others don’t implement device-level monitoring by then, the government has said it will bring forward legislation to make it mandatory. People saying "Just use a VPN!" are not understanding how this works.

Reminder. A social media ban was NOT in Labour's 2024 Manifesto. Neither was Digital I.D. Oh, or State Suicide. Or binning the two child benefit cap.

Your reminder today, as no one will report it, that the leading children's protection charity in the UK, NSPCC, opposes a blanket ban on social media, along with many other children's safety groups. This is what they've said: "But for countless children, especially those who feel shut out or unheard offline, social media isn’t a luxury. It’s a lifeline – a source of community, identity, and vital support. “A blanket ban would take those spaces away overnight and risks driving teenagers into darker, unregulated corners of the internet. Everyone involved in this debate will have the best interests of children at heart, but children’s fundamental right to participate safely in the digital world, to access information, to connect with peers, and to have their voices heard must be protected. They should not be stripped of those rights because tech companies have repeatedly failed to build platforms that protect them."

If Digital ID is so safe and secure, why would MPs and members of the Royal Family need exemptions?

The Royal Society for Blind Children and the National Deaf Children's Society have both come out against the Starmer social media ban. "Internet bad" is a trendy, upper-middle-class opinion for people with extracurricular budgets that ignores legions of people who rely on it.

This mean students up to Year 11 will not be able to revise GCSE biology on Freesciencelessons YouTube channel. This also mean a 15 years and 364 days old not be able to read Facebook posts from their MP or councillor, but expected to vote for them tomorrow.

This ban has nothing to do with protecting children. It is a means to an end for the de-anonymisation of the internet, which is what they've always wanted. Every day, politicians log on here and get called mean words by people with frog avatars, and that really impacts them.

Now do you see why I decided to set all my free time on fire last year and try to stop the Online Safety Act dead in its tracks? The OSA was never the end of the UK’s Internet censorship and surveillance program, it was only the start.

Get me out of this horrible country...