Comment on UK launches consultation asking for views on under-16s social media ban
nous@programming.dev 6 days ago
In an open letter to the prime minister, Labour MPs said “successive governments” had done “too little to protect young people from… unregulated, addictive social media platforms”.
They are focusing on the wrong thing. The problem is not young people access it, it the unregulated and addictive parts. Those affect everyone not just the young. Regulate the addictive behaviours of these platforms and protect everyone. Don’t just force ages ineffective age verification that harms the privacy of everyone.
Link@rentadrunk.org 6 days ago
It’s not about protecting the young. It’s a method of censorship and tying your social media account with your real identity.
biscuit@lemdro.id 6 days ago
I’ll simply not use social media that requires my real identity.
It’s not like they can regulate them all, and as soon as they try to restrict the more aggregator-y ones like Reddit and Lemmy, other niche ones will pop up.
The government doesn’t win this one.