I've travelled locally and internationally to meet people I met when I was 15. When I didn't have friends who shared my interests at school. I can say with certainty I would have killed myself if I did not have social media as a teenager. It is that serious.
I was so ostracised in school that my only friends my age are online friends. if I didn't have that I would have killed myself before leaving highschool
God knows what it's like for kids now especially with how technology is a lot more ingrained into daily life than before
I won't mince words the uk social media ban is gonna cause child suicide rates to go up
that happens when you cut off abused/ostracised teenagers from their only safe space
there's nowhere else for them to go, there's barely any child friendly spaces anymore: both irl and online
I feel like I'm not being dramatic in saying that this will kill kids. I turned to social media when I was 15 because I had no friends, and it saved my life. I can't imagine what it's like for today's kids, especially those who are LGBTQ and live in dangerous home environments.
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