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zathan retweeted
We are ruled by idiots.
Do they not know every 15 year old revises GCSE’s on YouTube?
Do they not know that teenagers track their friends are home safely on SnapChat?
Do they not realise that - especially in rural areas with no transport - teenagers social lives are on… social media.
Do they not know that teenagers will find ways round - as has been shown in Australia.
This ban is illogical and damaging.
If I hear another parent say “it’s so hard to police them” I’ll scream. It’s a parent’s job. Take responsibility the children you are meant to be bringing up.
It is not the government’s job to look after your children.
But the government will now insist all adults provide ID to prove we are over 18.
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🚨 SUMMARY: The UK's social media ban for children from early 2027:
- "User-to-user" apps where people create, share and interact with content (e.g. TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, X, Facebook) will be banned for under-16s
- WhatsApp, Signal and YouTube Kids will be exempt
- Under-16s will also be banned from livestreaming, messaging strangers on gaming apps like Discord and using disappearing messages
- 16 and 17 year olds will face nightly social media curfews and limits on infinite scrolling with more details next month
- AI "romantic companion" chatbots will be banned for under-18s
- Adults can still access social media through age checks like facial recognition, digital IDs, passports and credit cards
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🚨BREAKING: Someone just put $1M on Spain to WIN their match vs Cape Verde today
This pays out is $1,085,943.48 on Polymarket
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Don’t make me call Candace
✅ Thanks for joining the movement.
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If you believe it’s not good for adults maybe log out?
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Social media isn’t good for teenagers. It isn’t even good for adults. Banning social media isn’t necessarily the answer but it certainly provides a boundary. As someone who works in education and sees firsthand the issues social media causes, I’m an advocate for this ban
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It is fantastic news that the Government has finally woken up to the dangers of social media for young people. This is an important step in helping parents protect childhood for children.
Huge credit goes to @LauraTrottMP and my Shadow Cabinet for relentlessly fighting for this. Conservatives welcome this latest Labour U-turn, and will continue to work for the best implementation of the policy.
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zathan retweeted
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I will absolutely have an opinion on why I now need to upload MY ID in order to tweet. Because you guys can’t monitor YOUR kids correctly
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The concept of a 40 year old not being about to detect wit from from an under 16
Even more reason to block it !!!
A child being on their phone for 9 hours and she can’t think of anything else to do but stare at a wall.
No wonder obesity is on the rise in children.
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Wahala for all the young people who make money online. Building a brand. Randomly falling into life changing/saving info.
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has officially announced a social media ban for under-16s in the UK
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RT @bombdiggy__: I think banning social media for under 16s is unfair. This is most technologically advanced generation and they’re being p…
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Zero brain.
If you're an adult raging on X about the ban on social media for under-16 kids, then you need your hard drive checked.
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zathan retweeted
Banning them from social media when third spaces for children have been decimated… if you guys thought kids were wayward now, you wait until they’re really bored and actually go outside to an urban environment that often excludes them 😂
I don’t think politicians understand how different life is for teenagers now.
This generation already got hit with lockdowns, missed school years, cancelled exams, isolation, anxiety, and watching their parents struggle through a cost of living crisis. A lot of them lost confidence socially before they’d even had a chance to grow up properly.
Now the answer is to ban them from social media?
I get the concerns. There’s obviously toxic stuff online. But acting like taking social media away suddenly fixes teenage mental health feels completely out of touch.
For loads of teenagers, being online isn’t just “scrolling”. It’s where their friendships are. Their humour. Music. Football clips. Investing education. Group chats. Communities. Even support when home life isn’t great.
Adults created these platforms. Adults made them addictive. As adults we sit on our phones all day too. But somehow teenagers are the problem?
And realistically, loads of kids will get around the ban within a day anyway. Fake birthdays, VPNs, second accounts, it’ll happen instantly. So who actually gets punished? Mostly normal kids who follow rules.
Instead of bans, why not:
Force tech companies to clean up algorithms,
invest properly in mental health support,
teach kids how to use social media safely and help parents understand the online world better.
Teenagers already feel unheard half the time. Policies like this just make it worse.
You can’t keep taking things away from young people and calling it protection.
Give the kids a break! Atleast open some youth clubs or something 🤷🏾♂️
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🚨 SUMMARY: The UK's social media ban for children from early 2027:
- "User-to-user" apps where people create, share and interact with content (e.g. TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, X, Facebook) will be banned for under-16s
- WhatsApp, Signal and YouTube Kids will be exempt
- Under-16s will also be banned from livestreaming, messaging strangers on gaming apps like Discord and using disappearing messages
- 16 and 17 year olds will face nightly social media curfews and limits on infinite scrolling with more details next month
- AI "romantic companion" chatbots will be banned for under-18s
- Adults can still access social media through age checks like facial recognition, digital IDs, passports and credit cards
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A Restore Britain Government will repeal Starmer's social media ban and let parents parent.
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zathan retweeted
The UK is heading down a very dystopian path… and the majority of this island is gleefully cheering it on under the guise of “child safety” 🙂
Mind you, none of this would even be a topic of discussion if parents would actually parent their kids…
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zathan retweeted
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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