I need to be absolutely serious for once.
Never, EVER reply 'yes' or similar to tweets like this. In the UK you'll do 14 years in jail (not a joke). If you're abroad and visit, you'll be arrested at the airport.
Crazy that this tweet was made by a UK politician to trap people.
Assuming she wants to go out there's nowhere to fucking go, the UK is a underfunded shithole with no community stuff. Almost all outside activities are too expensive, kids don't want to "just walk in nature" like crazy people in the replies are saying.
They're cutting off her ability to socialise online which to some people is preferential than dealing with dickheads irl , tonnes of kids entire social lives are online if they're introverted and that is okay.
"Watch TV" - TV is dead, "Watch Netflix" - Better hope her family can afford the increasingly insane subscription , "Play Video Games" - theres no way restricting gaming time like China isn't next and they're already removing social aspects of gaming for kids.
At 17 you can
Have consensual sex
Have a kid
Drive a car
Work a job
Vote
Donate blood
Join the army
BUT you CANNOT watch YouTube after your allocated government bedtime lmao
When I was too ill to go to school my council left me without education for 18 months. If it hadn’t been able to access educational content on YouTube like Mr Bruff and Free Science Lessons, I would never have passed my GCSEs.
This is going to harm disabled children.
when i was in secondary & sixth form i rarely attended classes bc of disabilities, hospital stays & social services. educational content on youtube SAVED me & allowed me education at a russell group uni. this is dooming all kids suffering in abusive homes & disabled children
I feel like I'm not being dramatic in saying that this will kill kids. I turned to social media when I was 15 because I had no friends, and it saved my life. I can't imagine what it's like for today's kids, especially those who are LGBTQ+ and live in dangerous home environments.