Banning social media for teenagers only puts them in greater danger.
Teens are forced to switch to VPNs — and unlock far worse illegal content.
We’ve seen this before. When the Russian government banned Telegram, 95% of Russian teenagers kept using it. They just moved to VPNs.
@Keir_Starmer I don't have kids, but if I did, I would be deciding when they can be on social media, not you. And there is nothing you can do about it.
Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
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A social media ban should be extended to those aged 16 and 17, the children’s commissioner has proposed.
Keir Starmer is considering whether to ban under-16s from social media sites, but Dame Rachel de Souza has said that any ban must apply “equally to all children” up to 18.
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