Critics compare the restrictions to authoritarian state internet controls
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🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will introduce nightly social media curfews for 16 and 17-year-olds as part of the Government's social media ban
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Many users objected to the UK government's proposed nightly social media curfews on 16- and 17-year-olds as authoritarian dictatorship, while insulting supporters as deranged cheerleaders or passive automatons.
@jowilliams293 It is not for 17 year olds, we will all have to prove our age via facial recognition.
So we just let Internet curfews for 17-year-olds happen, like we're North Korea or China, and no one bats an eyelid because "social media bad"? This is sinister, controlling, dangerous stuff.
@jowilliams293 There’s no doubt that social media is driving a significant increase in self harm and suicide in young people. What do you suggest? What do you say to the parents of kids who have taken their own lives because of it? Anything at all?
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@MrMatthewTodd @MrRobTyson @jowilliams293 lmao did you even read what you linked to here? That article confirms PLENTY OF DOUBT
@GavGoons Indeed.
@MrMatthewTodd @jowilliams293 It’s the parents job not the state, you want all to suffer because of the unfortunate few sad as it is.
@jowilliams293 Nah I’ll do the age verification bullshit for my 17 year old, or my eldest daughter will. My 17 year old basically said the government can F off. They really think this is going to convince kids to vote for them?
@MrMatthewTodd @jowilliams293 Could you put a little blame onto the parents for not having control of their children? I have four daughters and I know everything they look at. Through monitoring and conversations!
@jowilliams293 you are all passive automatons
so yes youll do nothing
make sure you pay your tax and rent this week
@jowilliams293 Joanna happy to allow teens self destruct Let's not try to make it better
Bravo Joanna You are truly lovely . Nice to meet you
@mediabuyerlond @jowilliams293 The mental health issues it has caused since it has started. The changes it makes to the way people see the world. The chemical differences that take place with over the top exposure. On and on. The people who will not look at those already addicted (2)
@MrMatthewTodd @jowilliams293 Who stops kids from drinking and smoking at home? Any clues? Clown.
@jowilliams293 And fact people are taking it without a fight watch them add anything they want to the ban , next up kids mandatory vaccines or no schooling
@jowilliams293 I have 2 questions. Question 1: How will the government know the age of the person accessing the forbidden sites? Question 2: What punishment will be inflicted on an under-16-year-old for breaking this new law? Specifically, will they face criminal records or imprisonment?
@mediabuyerlond @jowilliams293 It's not working in Australia.
Kids do workarounds.
I know exactly what Digital ID is for.
@AlanAlanh07 @jowilliams293 So smoking should be legal for kids, drinking, why have any laws at all? You must be a front for big business
@mediabuyerlond @jowilliams293 Oh you mean in terms of age? Nope. Because at a certain age that is not something people can make a very wise choice about. Saying that even older people have challenges with that. Is it sinister that we sell poison to avoid a lot of life's problems?
@mediabuyerlond @jowilliams293 I would say that essentially some of them are not even good for adults. But that would involve reading the research. On so many different areas. The way it fosters loneliness, the way it kills the third spaces, the way it gives up over the top expectations. (1)
@jowilliams293 Ghost of George Orwell be like
