Children in the UK should be offered the same protection from voracious social media companies that the Danish government has committed to providing (Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’, 7 October) so that we can put a stop to the immense damage they are wreaking.
What 'damage' ? And if there is any, is it not offset by the good they are doing in keeping children enytertained and in touch? No tool, after all, is ever single purpose...
...we are not alone in wanting action – 70% of the UK public believe that social media companies are robbing children and young people of their childhoods, and want to see the digital age of consent raised from 13 to 16.
70% of the UK public believe all sorts of crazy things, like reality shows being worthehile tv, and Roger Moore being the best Bond. Can we have an example of of what these phones are allegedly doing? And perhaps why it isn't up to parents to choose?
From disrupted sleep and shorter attention spans to reduced social skills and exposure to radicalised and extreme views, children and young people are being exploited by big tech executives who are making billions as a result.
Ah, I see - all the usual teenage things are blamed on a device so mumsie and popsie (if that latter exists in their life) can have a pop at capitalism. No doubt signing up to this on their own fondleslab, the hypocrites!
We are calling on our government to raise the age of access to social media to 16, create space on the school curriculum to teach digital literacy, and introduce a windfall tax on social media companies to pay for mental health services that go some way to undoing the damage they have inflicted on children and young people in this country.
No do the Covid lockdown and unrestricted immigration.
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At the end the real reason came out. More Tax. They can afford it.
Just an excuse, as usual. The real reason is also as usual, to get the infrastructure in place for social control.
Let's see them taxing the US social media companies with Trump in charge of tariffs.
Back in the day, of course, much the same was said about television. Further back still, wasn't there something about "penny dreadful" novels? And so on, and so forth
And these silly bastards think that children under the age of 16 are not tech savvy enough to slide around any ban.
As is always the case, let someone else do the parenting, Mom and Dad are too busy to raise their own kids.
"70% of the UK public believe that social media companies are robbing children and young people of their childhoods"
Then maybe 70% of the UK public should be proper parents to their own children and stop expecting the Government to do it for them
There won't be a ban. It is just noise. Parents will put the phones in their names and let the kids use them which will bypass our totalitarian governments id requirements. No kids with phones everyone over 18. This will be dropped but they will still try and get the cash from these companies under this threat. Hopefully they will be told to stuff it just like 4Chan is doing.
Bunch of thieves.
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