Your reminder today, as no one will report it, that the leading children's protection charity in the UK, NSPCC, opposes a blanket ban on social media, along with many other children's safety groups.
This is what they've said:
"But for countless children, especially those who feel shut out or unheard offline, social media isn’t a luxury. It’s a lifeline – a source of community, identity, and vital support.
“A blanket ban would take those spaces away overnight and risks driving teenagers into darker, unregulated corners of the internet. Everyone involved in this debate will have the best interests of children at heart, but children’s fundamental right to participate safely in the digital world, to access information, to connect with peers, and to have their voices heard must be protected. They should not be stripped of those rights because tech companies have repeatedly failed to build platforms that protect them."
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
THERE ARE NO JOBS?!?!?!
Till the government actually addresses that fact and changes it, we can do as many investigations and reports on why young ppl or uni ppl are living at home, not working
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO JOBS!
Fix that fucking issue by any means necessary
UK: Oh no, banks have crashed m. We’ll pay for it by dismantling 70% of youth services, slashing CAMHs, abolishing early years childcare, gut social services & cope with the fallout with mass school exclusions.
ALSO UK: Oh no, now our young people are sad because mobile phones.
If you're looking for a magical love story full of pretty art, whimsical charm and twists here and there, give this 3-volumes josei manga a chance.
It's from the mangaka of «Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand».
Speaking as a tumblr early adopter who never left that site - ironically, post-porn ban, post-pandemic tumblr is probably the place where that attitude has died out the most. Aging userbase and all that jazz, so the kids doing callout documents are mostly here