Keir Starmer teilt den Abgeordneten mit, dass er einem Social-Media-Verbot für junge Menschen gegenüber aufgeschlossen sei

I’ll be interested to see what happens with mental health of young people over the years if he does.

Also we’re going to be in this weird situation where children will not be allowed to use social media into the run up of an election and yet be trusted to also end up voting in the election depending on where their birthday lands.

Speaking as someone who grew up with social media, ban it. Social media can get fucked and I don’t think it offers really any benefits to children.

In an incredible move, Kier Starmer will give 16 year olds the right to vote and then ban Tik Tok. 

I’m not entirely sure if there is a logical argument against this kind of ban tbh.

People say it should be down to parents but as soon as kids in the same class have accounts set up then I can set how the attraction spreads like wildfire. At that point there is just too much pressure and most will give in.

>he had become alarmed at reports about five-year-olds spending hours in front of screens each day

It would be nice to hear an MP call these shitty parents out for once. It’s like the minute you have kids in this country you can do no wrong or something, god forbid they upset the mumsnet vote.

A man whose scared of his young voters being informed.

Its obvious that teachers are bias.

I’d prefer some better regulation of social media. Less fake news, less bots, less rage bait, less inappropriate content. Make the social media companies responsible for what’s on their platforms. Banning it for young people isn’t actually fixing the issues as they’ll just find workarounds.

I’m glad, social media is cancer for young minds. We don’t even understand the full impact of it, however what we do know is pretty awful. The generation currently in school that haven’t had restrictions on mobile photos social media use are fucked. They won’t be able to hold down a meaningful job easily.

I’ve spoke to friends who are middle school teachers and they despair, it’s clear that some kids have used social media as their primary outlet for years.

This stuff is harming kids and a lot. Just demanding parents take responsibility will do squat.

The issue is about how they enforce it, I’ve yet to see any reliable non invasive way to verify age online. I’d say the only benefit of social media in secondary was adding people on Facebook so that we could message easily (a lot more convenient than trading numbers), be it for social or schoolwork purposes.

At this point we might aswell lock off the whole Internet and just make our own heavily restricted version like north korea, Google is almost there.

It’s tricky, there are negatives of course but people will be exposed to socialism and actual news on social media in a way they aren’t from mainstream media. There’s many who only understand what’s happening in Palestine through tik tok. That is essential.

I guess they can get this information from YouTube. There’s still a lot of young people who can’t necessarily find friends who like the same things as them, and the internet allows that.

I’d say the positives outweigh the negatives, we just never hear about the positives.

I cannot stand the guy, but this vile country is cram packed full of child predators. I agree with any such ban.

> Officials say Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, is also open to the idea of a ban, with a final decision expected within months.