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BREAKING: Keir Starmer affirms that all minors under sixteen are prohibited from using social media. (lemmy.ml)

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Sir Keir Starmer has declared that social media use will be prohibited for all minors under sixteen.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 5 days ago

The Sociopathic Oligarchs have insisted on full surveillance of the Citizens. Larry Ellison said:

“We’re going to have supervision,” Ellison said. “Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on.”

https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/

They intend to track our every move, and expect us to live our lives by THEIR standards.

BTW, when I was checking sources, a few of the headlines characterized it as he "once said...," as if it were a statement he made years ago, and perhaps it doesn't reflect his current thinking...

He made that statement last September, at a public conference.