sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoUK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including X, YouTube, TikTokdeadline.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
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minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day agoBecause bans have worked so well before. /s A more appropriate headline would read something like… “UK government shows their incompetence by attempting to block children from social media.”
minus-squareVirtvirt588@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours ago…While allowing the real abusers of power to continue on. The bans are targeting the wrong people - children but also teenagers shouldnt have their rights barred because the bad guys exist. Its the bad guys who should face the consequences.
Because bans have worked so well before. /s
A more appropriate headline would read something like… “UK government shows their incompetence by attempting to block children from social media.”
…While allowing the real abusers of power to continue on. The bans are targeting the wrong people - children but also teenagers shouldnt have their rights barred because the bad guys exist. Its the bad guys who should face the consequences.