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“Giving children their childhood back?”
So reopening the 2,000 youth clubs closed under neoliberalism? The 1,000 children’s centres?
Recreating the 10,000 playing fields lost?
Or the 800 playgrounds lost in the last 10 years?
The 1,000 libraries?
The after-school clubs closed?
Jun 15
We are banning social media access for under 16s.
These days kids must find their feet in a world where technology intrudes into every area of their life.
I just can’t let that go on anymore. So we’re giving children their childhoods back.
Community note
The UK Government's 'careful review' of the research found a small correlation between children's use of social media and wellbeing, but no evidence of a causal effect:
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"90% support it"
Yeah in the same way dictators "win" elections - its a made up stat; the survey was publicly available and there was NO way to say no lol
People will attack this policy, but after extensive government consultation, 90% of the parents of under-16s support it. They have watched social media consume huge portions of their children’s lives, so have a very different perspective.
Social media amplifies narcissism, materialism, envy and division at an age when young minds are still developing. It keeps children trapped in a digital ecosystem designed to maximise engagement at the expense of real-world experiences, time outdoors, hobbies, independence, and learning how to socialise and build genuine friendships.
Perhaps most damaging of all, it encourages constant comparison. Children are measuring themselves against carefully curated versions of other people’s lives every hour of every day. It creates feelings of inadequacy and anxiety on a scale that older generations simply never experienced.
There will be much outrage about this, but this policy is truly about protecting children, and anyone who cares about the future of society should support it.
Community note
Said consultation didn't have an option for those who don't support it, only five different versions of yes and "don't know"
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"I don't want my daughter to be exploited on the internet!!!!"
"To get my way, I'm going to exploit my daughter on the internet!"
Some tricky conversations this evening about the impending social media ban.
‘I don’t even know who this government guy is’
‘Keir Starmer’
‘Keir Starmer, what does that mean’
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Jun 15
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 🥴
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Starmer's social media ban for children will lead to more bullying.
The rich kids will buy VPN subscriptions and just carry on.
Poorer kids who can't afford to use VPN will be mocked unmercifully and have their noses rubbed in all the stuff they're missing out on.
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Jun 15
"Stare at a wall" is, unfortunately, likely to prove accurate because you just know they're not going to invest in creating more third spaces where children can actually go when they're not online.
Jun 15
🚨 WATCH: School children react to the UK social media ban for under-16s live on BBC News
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"we banned it, but we KNOW for a fact that the kids will bypass it"
Jun 15
🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer says under-16s in the UK may get around his social media ban
"But we don't say, 'oh look, a teenager managed to get a drink somehow' - let's not bother banning alcohol sales to children"
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You were watching PawPatrol on YouTube after curfew were you not?
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BBC: "what was your screen time?"
Me: "idk"
BBC "You are gonna have more time to fill. what will you do?"
Me: "cut, burn and mutilate myself. potentially fatally because i will have 0 friends and i will lose the people dearest to me if i cannot find a workaround."
BBC:
Jun 15
BBC: “What was your screen time?”
Student: “Nine hours.”
BBC: “You’re gong to have a lot more time to fill. What will you do?”
Student: “Stare at a wall.”
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"Stare at a wall" is so apt bc there is literally nothing for kids to do here anymore. Parks are for young children, so teens get chased out, everything is super expensive so you can't go on a day out, and there's precious little nature left to explore.
Thats all you can do.
Jun 15
🚨 WATCH: School children react to the UK social media ban for under-16s live on BBC News
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watch this be detrimental for queer kids in exclusive societies where they can't be open regularly so no shit they flock online with like minded people who actually accept them
Jun 15
🚨 WATCH: School children react to the UK social media ban for under-16s live on BBC News
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Jun 15
What else is there to do? Go to the local play park and get kicked out cause some old sod called the council and complained about the noise?
Jun 15
BBC: “What was your screen time?”
Student: “Nine hours.”
BBC: “You’re gong to have a lot more time to fill. What will you do?”
Student: “Stare at a wall.”
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I think young people should be given relatively similar freedoms as adults because they are people with rights.
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but you know, national flags are forbidden cause it might be offending
hello @riotgames @valorant
is there a possibility to react? ^^^^^^^^
how is this possible
????????? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Stel je voor dat de ouder van een Syriëganger voor ISIS met zo'n verhaal zou komen.
Dat is namelijk wat dit is.
Jun 14
June 14, 2017: our daughter Rebecca Baruch graduated from high school in the Netherlands. Weeks later she made aliyah. After a preparatory year, she joined the #IDF, serving for four years before returning to duty on the afternoon of October 7, 2023. Rebecca passed away on January 21, 2024. She is buried on Mount Herzl, the only female soldier of this war accorded that honor, plot 18A - third row from the top, third grave from the left. She lived it in service of something larger than herself. #RebeccaBaruch #AmYisraelChai 🇮🇱🕯️
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Jun 14
So just to be clear, a 16 year old girl can legally have a baby but can’t watch TikToks after dinner? Sound 😂
Jun 14
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will introduce nightly social media curfews for 16 and 17-year-olds as part of the Government's social media ban
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Jun 15
So 16 year olds are going to be voting on a diet entirely of their parents opinions, the BBC and the right wing press…
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@TommyKumaresan As the team's latest skirmish player with a 0% winrate, how are you going to spend the next few days before your match against EDG?
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“No point in having these teams at the World Cup” well they quite literally did get a point against the second best team in the world
For example Cap Verde couldn’t even beat Finland B squad and lost to Chile which are trash as fuck at the moment and bottom of UEFA/CONMEBOL.
There’s no point in having those teams in the WC.
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