I have so many questions.
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The modern Irish dichotomy of not believing in fairies but being damn sure not to fuck around and find out
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I want to talk about something that happened yesterday when I was on my stupid walk and how I ended up doing 20,000 steps when I didn't mean to, I don't really have an opinion on it but I just want to get it out there maybe idk
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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.
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It's strange that the Social Media bans in Australia and now the UK have come after Israel and their supporters have become horribly unpopular.
You might suspect an ulterior motive.
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UK ‘public consultation’ on the social media ban notice how they didn’t give the option to say no?
Illusion of democracy.
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Just seen this: 'Adults can still access social media through age checks like facial recognition, digital IDs, passports and credit cards.' So it's not just a ban for kids, it's ID-gating half of the internet.
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Don’t take it from me.
Take it from one of the internet’s greatest pioneers @jimmy_wales
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"why don't they go just to the park?"
Because you'd call the police and demand summary executions if you detected anyone under 40 in a public place without just cause
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Your regular reminder that Kids Being Outside was a full blown moral panic, which resulted in Governments putting in place measures to curb what one Scottish Minister called "the terror and horror of youth"
So when kids "just go outside", that also gets banned
"why don't they go just to the park?"
Because you'd call the police and demand summary executions if you detected anyone under 40 in a public place without just cause
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Country that has created the country with the most child amputees ever to play the few remaining kids with all four? FIFA is disgusting
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JUST IN: 🇮🇱🇵🇸 FIFA proposes Israel vs Palestine match to open international youth festival.
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Hope the ministerial car was worth selling out the Palestinian people.
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Home Secretary @ShabanaMahmood's statement on today’s Court of Appeal judgment on the proscription of Palestine Action.
ALT A graphic with the Home Secretary's statement on the Court of Appeal's judgement on the proscription of Palestine Action.
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It went from “porn” to everything like we all predicted
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JUST IN: UK Government clarifies adults will still be able to use social media by verifying their identities with digital IDs, facial recognition, passports and credit cards.
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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.
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I’ve really noticed an uptick in people presenting as gender-diverse around Dublin the last few weeks and I don’t know if it’s Pride helping people feel safer but it feels like such a positive sign when there’s so much hate and negativity around.
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It’s also a thing that’s enormously brave but shouldn’t have to be
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For those wondering the visa bond implemented by the Trump admin against Cape Verde is $15,000 per person. Many players in this tournament are here without family or personal support because they literally cannot afford the visa.
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🇨🇻😢 Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha: "I cried after the game because I grew up with my grandparents when I was a kid, and they could not be there. They passed away a few years ago. My mum could not be here either for a VISA issue, and the money we had to pay for it. We did not manage to do this in time." (@TheAthleticFC)
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Murdered in a cafe by a flying robot.
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🚨 BREAKING : Khalil Jamil Al-Masri has died from the injuries he sustained after being shot by an Israeli quadcopter drone while sitting at a cafe in Gaza.
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The truth is the Suffragettes are only seen with a positive light today. At the time, they faced similar bans and mass arrests. The same will happen with this case in the future
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Exactly as the protesters said.
Homes in illegal Israeli settlements promoted at London property show
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Today’s ruling to uphold the UK government's proscription of Palestine Action is a travesty of justice.
One by one, the very foundations of our democracy are being destroyed — all to oil the wheels of British complicity in genocide.
Our government has participated in the mass murder of Palestinians. That is the real crime, and we must bring about justice.
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The people smugly gloating that young people will just have to 'find something else to do' in response to the social media bans are usually the exact same people who seethe with anger and make reports about 'loitering' whenever they have to share public spaces with teenagers.
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I’m constantly astonished that billionaires would rather ignore the climate crisis and prepare to live in a bunker with dvds and baked beans than devote a modicum of their bottomless wealth to saving the planet where we have fresh fruit and soft grass and blue skies.
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