Social media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood back
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Social media platforms to be blocked from offering services to under-16s, marking a line in the sand and setting a new normal for future generations.
  • Miller@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    One day someone who knows his arse from his elbow will be in a position to make decisions, but not today.

    • myrmidexAEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      We’ve been waiting for someone like that for a long time. I can’t even remember the previous actually-competent politician.

      • Miller@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Because candidates with any sort of real competence are weeded out early in their political careers by a press owned by the sort of people that would view actual leadership as a threat.

        • myrmidexAEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          True. The lower, local levels are also an efficient filtering system.

      • Miller@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Well if not know then have sufficient ethics to properly commit to the job of work they have publicly taken on.