@simonsquibb: I wish as much money and energy was being spent on updating the education system as is about to be spent on stopping kids using social media. Focus on enforcing the rules social media companies are meant to follow. If they don’t follow them, fine them. Still don’t follow them, block them. It’s crazy to me that the government will happily spend millions to stop kids getting access to YouTube, yet leave millions without the education they actually need to live. Look at the 700,000 kids coming out of uni who can’t find work. If education was up to date and working for under 16s, this wouldn’t be the outcome. Focus on fixing that. Don’t distract us with a social media ban. Social media companies need to be held accountable. The current rules aren’t being enforced. So switching to blame kids for wanting to go on YouTube to learn what school doesn’t teach them is a small plaster on a much bigger problem…. The actual broken, out of date education system. Spend those millions on updating education instead. Teach kids about algorithms. Teach them how to leverage social media and AI tools to build a good future in the new world. I get the headlines sound good. But they lack depth. And they avoid the real problem, kids aren’t being prepared for the real world. This ban just adds to that.

Simon Squibb

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Tuesday 16 June 2026 09:34:43 GMT