🚨 The “consultation” on banning under-16s from social media is ending… and it was never real. The government already decided the outcome months ago. This whole exercise was just theatre — a box-ticking PR stunt so they could later say “we listened to the public.” Watch what happens next: they’ll wheel out the usual hand-picked “experts” and “scientists” to solemnly declare “but look, this is what the EVIDENCE says.” The same experts who always miraculously reach the conclusion the government wanted from day one. Evidence that conveniently ignores: • How governments and tech giants both want more control over kids’ data and attention • The complete failure of previous “protect the children” bans to actually protect anyone • The fact that parents — not the state — should decide what their kids access. This isn’t evidence-based policy. It’s pre-decided policy to go with 16 year olds voting and the introduction of digital identity. They don’t trust parents. They don’t trust young people. They definitely don’t trust you. Another freedom quietly erased under the banner of “safety.” Wake up. #FakeConsultation #SocialMediaBan #Under16Ban #NannyState #GovernmentOverreach #ParentalRights #YouthFreedom #StopTheBan #DigitalCensorship #PolicyBasedEvidence

Early evidence on school smartphone bans and mental health by @tylercowen marginalrevolution.com/margi… via @MargRev #EducationPolicy #PolicyEvaluation #PolicyBasedEvidence

How to create #PolicyBasedEvidence for a move from #SocialScience understanding of interrelationships in a small group to a larger scale is the focus of this @nature piece. JA List @Econ_4_Everyone asks: what information is needed for scaling confidence? doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-0…

Reality has a distinct anti-conservative bias, but conservatives have an answer: when the facts don't support your policies, just get different facts. Who needs #EvidenceBasedPolicy when you can have #PolicyBasedEvidence? 1/

#SpacialEconomy #PostDisasterPolicies #PolicyBasedEvidence #ClimateRisk #ClimateMigration 👇

Do financial literacy interventions actually work better than I think they do? (and thoughts about meta-analyses) 👉blogs.worldbank.org/impactev… via @worldbank #DIME #ImpactEvaluation #PolicyBasedEvidence #FinancialEducation #Financialinclusion #FinancialDevelopment

#Environment #CarbonTax #ClimateChange #ClimatePolicy #Decarbonisation #PolicyBasedEvidence👇

Sähkötupakka ollut markkinoilla kohta 15 vuotta. Ei vieläkään havaintoja kliinisesti merkittävistä haittavaikutuksista eikä mystisestä portista tupakointiin. ST:n vastustajien "argumentit" yli 10 vuotta sitten keksittyä huuhaata. #policybasedevidence

#RedListIndia ... #EvidenceBasedPolicy not #PolicyBasedEvidence

At the risk of repeating myself ... Follow the Science! #EvidenceBasedPolicy stop trying to find #PolicyBasedEvidence

#COVID Johnson: ‘The experts disagree’. Decoded: ‘We’ll decide our policy then find tame experts to back it.’ #PolicyBasedEvidence #marr

@CommonsEd doesn't inspire confidence. Vested interests & #policybasedevidence need to be rigorously interrogated & institutional #homeeduphobia recognised. As with #contactpoint #badman #namedperson wild claims unsupported by research or law. Ignorance of #homeed is wilful.

Not just @LGANews that can't count, here we have @ADCStweets miscalculating/making up stats too, as highlighted by EO. #homeed #homeeduphobia #policybasedevidence schoolsweek.co.uk/38-rise-in…

A selective use of the evidence as I fear the Government has been doing all along #policybasedevidence not #evidencebasedpolicy

Basically no interest from orgs supposedly dedicated to upholding rights, but plenty cupcakes for the #captured & empty rhetoric as they ignore inconvenient #homeed #hometruths in favour of #policybasedevidence

Well the boys at Glenwood High got the full tour today on the lead up to #INW2020 Thanks to Miss Hirst for making sure all the year 11 boys understand that 99% of all DV perpetrators are men. #Feminism #WoozleEffect #PolicyBasedEvidence

An apology and acknowledgment of getting it wrong would be a good start. It should not be allowed to happen again, but well funded lobby groups are being permitted to drive through bad legislation with #policybasedevidence and no debate.

Tämä on vähintäänkin erikoinen vastaus kysymykseen, jossa tiedustellaan poliittisten linjauksien vaikutusta tutkimusorganisaation toimintaan. #policybasedevidence #hiilinielut

We've all been trying, but the silence is deafening. Surely a #publicinquiry would be their opportunity to produce their much parroted 'evidence'. Or have we just reached the 'let them eat cake' point? #girfec #datatheft #policybasedevidence 🤥🤥🤥

Written by Defra Agency and Defra contractors, peer reviewed by Defra paid contractors and endorsed & promoted by Defra paid contractors. #policybasedevidence #misusepublicfunds #inquiry