@theplanker: 6/15 - UK TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PEOPLE UNDER 16 ⚠️ #socialmedia #censorship #uk #breakingnews #britain

iiipp}9 :

this is just so every account needs a goverment id check

Layla 👁️🫦👁️ :

I think its s good and necessary thing

Dovemfs :

Actually I don’t agree with your take. Kids aren’t old enough to be discerning. And stuff can be offensive and damaging to young minds. This is not a government’s mechanism to control…

Copyrighted :

Alex I love you man but this isn’t what it’s about, it’s a method of allowing parents to parent not censor children who talk to each other about things they don’t even understand what they are saying

kaylee :

Alex you took a pretty extreme take here…

NoNameToday :

seems more about politics and censorship vs safety in UK

☽𓆩𖤐ᛗɏⱦħøđīȼⱥ𖤐𓆪☾ :

because you'll have to show your ID to prove your age.

kol4vr719 :

Sleepingwiththefishes :

How do you do that?

Chris :

its about bringing in digital ID

OlympusMons :

honestly a W

Kee :

Im with YOU Alex. 💯

logoleptica :

so they're gonna ban VPNs next?

OwO :

"Your only way to make friends was taken away." People have made friends for centuries before social media platforms 💀😭

Michele ✨ :

This is great news

TCF101 :

Lol. Kids are much smarter than they think.

💎 :

won't stop kids at all

PinkPestilence :

16 is pretty old to be banned from the internet. I already had a job and was taking public transport, saving for my own car.

Jan :

I agree social media should be limited for young children, however I don't see how they can ban it, kids can lie about their age when signing into sites

Laura 🦓♾️🐙🏳️‍🌈🍉 :

The youth are rising up. This is censorship.

after_sarai :

Social media was recently a tool in Nepal, and has been a major resource in modern movements back into the 2000s. With a lack of spaces for young people to connect, lack of education about other research alternatives to google...yeah its alarming. I agree.

CJ :

Shouldn’t that be a parents job?

꧁༒☬ 리 사라 𝕾𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍 ☬༒꧂ :

I dunno. I think the internet is what is going to be the downfall to all of the world's governments because we can all talk to each other and beat witness with each other. kids need to see this too in all of its form so we stop making the same mistakes

BabaGanoush 10452 :

I just heard Florida is suing this app to “protect” kids…sigh.