Submitted 1 day ago by unknowingvoid@sh.itjust.works to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cy05y3kkld1o
The UK government, MPs, organisations and public figures are discussing whether there should be stronger rules about children’s access to social media - including an Australia-style ban for under-16s.
Im for it myself. Honestly wouldn’t mind a ban on algorithmic based news given the state that America is in.
I’m starting to see social media as smoking. It’s bad for you. Give up
But to implement it would require age verification… Which we already know is a horrible idea
Kids growing up being able to see porn on demand is also a horrible idea. Arguably a more horrible idea.
The onus is on us to provide a solution to that if we want to remove ID checks from websites that serve adult material. Which currently is porn but could be easily expanded to social media.
Does that include Lemmy? Im trying to device if I could spend less time on here as my only type of social media
I’d be happy to take the hit to get my wider family off of Facebook and X.
Although I feel this site has a more sensible algorithm that doesn’t reward brigading. I think some tighter regulation is possible in the digital sphere
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 11 hours ago
I am so tired of seeing this stock photo of app icons on a screen.