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Research areas interested in: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Health Promotion, Behaviour Change, Football & Sport
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So the 17 year old coming home from their evening job can't check Facebook or X to see if their trains home are disrupted... or tweet the operator for help!
Woops … I guess the government forgot about student revision then for their education 😂😂😂😂. Couldn’t make it up!
Not all social media or media is harmful, another reason why this wild ban just is nonsense 👀
🚨NEW: Teachers are raising concerns about a ban on YouTube for under-16s as many year 10 and 11 students use the platform to learn and revise GCSE content
At 16, you're trusted to work, pay tax, join the armed forces with parental consent, and under current plans you'll even be able to vote.
Yet the Government wants 16 and 17 year olds locked out of social media at night, limiting access to political discussion and alternative viewpoints.
If you're old enough to help decide the future of Britain, you should be old enough to hear different opinions.
These are the actions of an increasingly authoritarian government, and they should concern everyone.
This is not the Britain I want my child to grow up in.
Only Reform can save Britain.
In the UK, turning 16 & 17 marks a transition into adulthood, granting young people a range of legal rights & responsibilities (see image)
Yet, here’s the Labour government enforcing social media bans for 16 & 17 year olds including night curfews. This is wrong & controlling 🤦🏼♀️
X is banned for under 16s, but Bluesky isn't.
X is a platform where people regularly share videos of crime, protests, political scandals and government failures.
The other is overwhelmingly left wing and far more sympathetic to the establishment, with no videos of crime, or government failure.
Naturally children, who have no other options, are now going to flood onto Bluesky and only see left leaning viewpoints.
This is a two tier social media ban.
What starts as child protection never ends with child protection. First it’s the children. Then it’s “misinformation”. Then it’s “harmful content”. Then it’s whatever the government decides you shouldn’t be allowed to see. Every restriction on freedom is sold as protection.
Omg... it's the minutiae of the bedtime dictat that floors me!
They're not even trying to hide the belief that they can parent YOUR children.
As anyone who has ever put screentime controls on their kids phones will tell you, this raises questions that we parents are going to have to answer to our furious kids:
Does this include weekends?
Does this include school holidays?
Does this include WhatsApp (the main way parents and grandparents communicate with kids)?
ALL this is going to do is cause huge arguments amongst families and create a generation even more normalised to being controlled by The State.
They can still see d*** pics on the bus home.
It's theatre. This is not a serious government
Banning social media won’t actually achieve anything, and will not protect young people.
Potentially, they will still get online but with sneakier methods which is more dangerous as they will hide social media use from parents = less confidence to say when things go wrong.
What a superb Reform UK candidate we have in Makerfield @RobKenyonReform who will be a first class MP, standing up for his local community. Rob is absolutely right about Manchester taking resources away from towns and communities like Makerfield... we have exactly the same problem in Havering with the Greater London Authority. We need reform in Manchester and in London too!
Vote Reform UK @reformparty_uk on Thursday, vote for Rob Kenyon✖️🩵🇬🇧
Under a Reform government, foreign nationals in social housing will be given three months to find private accommodation or face being deported.
British military veterans, long-term local residents, domestic abuse survivors will be given priority.
A magnificent British celebration and pageant today for His Majesty The King's official birthday, Trooping the Colour at Horseguards Parade, followed by a fly past at Buckingham Palace. Our Nation and Commonwealth are truly blessed. #GodSaveTheKing 🇬🇧
With thanks to the 1,400 members of the Armed Forces took part in today’s Trooping the Colour, and with special mention to the Grenadier Guards who trooped their new Colour. We salute you 🫡
Apparently all of you watching GB News need to get help.
I’ve got therapy for you at 9pm because we’re going to laugh at the state of the far-left for three hours.
See you all soon!