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UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s

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Re: UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s

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Post by calgoo »

gslepak wrote: post #11

Another headline about the Digital ID prison system they're building to identify and restrict all access to the Internet for people of all ages. Then perhaps comes the mark which is about restricting and controlling what you're allowed to buy and sell.

OR we can try to move this to the positive side instead of fighting the fascists. We dont NEED social media, its a cancer on humanity. So maybe instead accept this BS and move it towards a place that we can all agree upon. I understand the UK political system is corrupt to its core, like all world goverments, but that's not the reason why to ignore and give in to what the government is demanding.

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Post by paytonjjones »

Fervicus wrote: post #19

Arguing about whether this is good or effective for kids or not is irrelevant. This isn't about kids at all. It's about surveillance.

Regardless of the underlying motives and surveillance outcomes, it will surely affect the kids too. So it's worth discussing.

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Post by yladiz »

spacedoutman wrote: post #16

Didn't work in Australia, won't work in the UK. Parents will just scan the kids in.

Can you provide some evidence that it didn’t work in Australia? Given the ban hasn’t been in place that long I’d like to see your sources about it not working.

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Post by philipallstar »

Fervicus wrote: post #19

Arguing about whether this is good or effective for kids or not is irrelevant. This isn't about kids at all. It's about surveillance.

This is obviously about kids. The problem is it requires surveillance. You don't get to decide what it's not about.

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Post by fyredge »

xhkkffbf wrote: post #4

I agree that there are issues, but won't kids find other places to congregate? Maybe in educational sites?

Isn't that better? For one, they're connected to peers they have physically met. Additionally, they won't be exposed to strangers or ads that warp their world view.

I still believe that the government should ban unsolicited algorithmic content (so search engines are exempted), but this is a second best option.

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Post by atollk »

I know many people dislike this movement but really, I think it's a good idea. Yes, it removes the "free" internet as it was 20 years ago, but that's gone already anyway. Yes, it opens up the way to a police state without anonymous internet access, but arguing against any law to be against that just seems like straight up anarchism to me.

I see both children and adults being manipulated by corporations with "algorithms". Honestly, treating social media, porn, and other things as drugs would probably even be the right step.

Re: UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s

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Post by throwawayffffas »

Retr0id wrote: post #7
throwrioawfo wrote: post #2

Good

Abstractly perhaps, but I'm not aware of any practical enforcement mechanism I'd classify as "good".

If the operators are liable, they will find a way, it's easy for the operators to infer a users age based on usage patterns. They must be required to close these accounts.
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