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Could there be a social media ban for children in the UK? (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 day ago by unknowingvoid@sh.itjust.works to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The UK government, MPs, organisations and public figures are discussing whether there should be stronger rules about children's access to social media - including an Australia-style ban for under-16s.

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[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 points 9 minutes ago

I am so tired of seeing this stock photo of app icons on a screen.

[–] loops@feddit.uk 1 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Im for it myself. Honestly wouldn’t mind a ban on algorithmic based news given the state that America is in.

I’m starting to see social media as smoking. It’s bad for you. Give up

[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

But to implement it would require age verification... Which we already know is a horrible idea

[–] loops@feddit.uk 1 points 24 minutes ago

Kids growing up being able to see porn on demand is also a horrible idea. Arguably a more horrible idea.

The onus is on us to provide a solution to that if we want to remove ID checks from websites that serve adult material. Which currently is porn but could be easily expanded to social media.

[–] brewery@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Does that include Lemmy? Im trying to device if I could spend less time on here as my only type of social media

[–] loops@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

I'd be happy to take the hit to get my wider family off of Facebook and X.

Although I feel this site has a more sensible algorithm that doesn't reward brigading. I think some tighter regulation is possible in the digital sphere

https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/07-ranking-algo.html