Banning social media for under 16s in the UK will stunt our youth’s growth.
Imagine a curious kid who discovers a subject they love.
They jump on YouTube / Reddit to explore it ,that spark could create our next top scientist,or engineer.
Instead, blocked & spark extinguished
When I got groomed, discord banned the guy within 5 hours of my report. Instagram and Twitter have said reports of stuff including graphic rape content and suicide threats are not breaking any rules
Discord works on making Message Requests a lot more annoying for teenagers in the UK.
All DM content from strangers is now hidden by default. To read a message, teens will be forced into a "monitored preview screen" that actively tracks and logs their safety metrics. (1/2)
“Why are you mad seeing fatphobia on EDTWT” idk probably cus your eating disorder will never be a valid reason to shame and treat people bigger than you like the dirt beneath your feet and being fatphobic is not in any eating disorder’s diagnostic criteria?
The proposed "VPN ban" in the UK is very unlikely to work, because most VPN providers are not in the UK, including free VPN providers, and therefore are not obligated to obey UK law.
Given their line of work they're also unlikely to obey such orders voluntarily.