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Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
The social media crackdown is inevitable. It's not a Starmer-specific policy.I agree about the harm of algorithmic feeds, but banning the organisations per se that use it is not the answer. And banning the organisations is banning any given view by definition. Do you understand what this proposed ban *actually* involves, because your post makes me think you don't.
The harm done by algorithmic social media is incredibly clear, particularly on developing minds aka teenagers.
This isn't a question of free speech. No one is banning any given view. It's a question of whether we should permit an addictive substance (social media) to be used by people younger than the minimum age for buying cigarettes.
And because social media has such strong network and peer pressure effects, banning mainstream social media below a certain ages is the most effective solution.
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Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
The ban, if it actually happens given the likely change of government, will not work.
Kids are remarkably good at finding loopholes, workarounds.
The inconsistency of approach is just bad law making.
16 year olds can vote but not view a YouTube video is just ludicrous thinking
And why is Bluesky excluded from the list considering it is a Twitter dupe.
This is just Starmer trying to use his last days in office to make a splash.
The evidence from elsewhere is that it will not work. It will cut kids off from valuable resources.
It is just a headline not a properly developed policy
Burnham is likely to scrap or heavily modify it once he takes office.
Kids are remarkably good at finding loopholes, workarounds.
The inconsistency of approach is just bad law making.
16 year olds can vote but not view a YouTube video is just ludicrous thinking
And why is Bluesky excluded from the list considering it is a Twitter dupe.
This is just Starmer trying to use his last days in office to make a splash.
The evidence from elsewhere is that it will not work. It will cut kids off from valuable resources.
It is just a headline not a properly developed policy
Burnham is likely to scrap or heavily modify it once he takes office.
Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
https://x.com/politlcsuk/status/2066624559122469145Someone should tell them about the hole in their plan called a 'Personal Computer'.
UK's social media ban for under-16s is set to be enforced at device-level, with Apple and Google forced to verify the age of all users
This is how it should be done. Verify once and done.
Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
He's going to do it, isn't he. He's about to authorise the killing of the old and the sick. He's abolished the concept of transsexuality. He's limited jury trials and the right of protest. He's going to authorise voluntary repatriation. And now we have to prove our age to watch YouTube. Any Labour MP with a conscience should have voted him out long ago. But they're all too worried about their jobs. "Left wing" my arse.https://x.com/politlcsuk/status/2066624559122469145So if I want to watch something on YouTube, I can no longer do so without being logged in?
UK's social media ban for under-16s is set to be enforced at device-level, with Apple and Google forced to verify the age of all users
This is how it should be done. Verify once and done.
And which privacy busting method are they going to use to verify my age? And how will they know it is still me when the log in is used?
And how are they going to enforce anything at device level on my Linux boxes (or, for that matter, a Windows VM which is not linked to any MS account)?....
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Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
I was watching a fairly depressing tech video a while back that was drawing a line between the value of targetted advertising on social media and the 'advantage' of being able to splinter people into ever narrower bubbles so you could target your ad-spend. No matter if it's radical left, right, religion, age - just get them to click that just right washing powder link.I’m not a techie, but ban the stuff that drags people in to where they shouldn’t be, but where the likes of Musk wants them to go. Publish the posts in time order, which a junk filter, like emails,Not sure what ban "algorithms" means there.https://x.com/politlcsuk/status/2066624559122469145Yes, and then don’t ban social media per se, but ban algorithms, with strict liability on any platforms that allow them.
UK's social media ban for under-16s is set to be enforced at device-level, with Apple and Google forced to verify the age of all users
This is how it should be done. Verify once and done.
All software runs algorithms.
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Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
The social media crackdown is inevitable. It's not a Starmer-specific policy.
The harm done by algorithmic social media is incredibly clear, particularly on developing minds aka teenagers.
This isn't a question of free speech. No one is banning any given view. It's a question of whether we should permit an addictive substance (social media) to be used by people younger than the minimum age for buying cigarettes.
And because social media has such strong network and peer pressure effects, banning mainstream social media below a certain ages is the most effective solution.
The harm done by algorithmic social media is incredibly clear, particularly on developing minds aka teenagers.
This isn't a question of free speech. No one is banning any given view. It's a question of whether we should permit an addictive substance (social media) to be used by people younger than the minimum age for buying cigarettes.
And because social media has such strong network and peer pressure effects, banning mainstream social media below a certain ages is the most effective solution.
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Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
Given the continuously dropping costs of bandwidth (typical and atypical), there a reasonable chance that would kill YouTube and massively fragment the market. Which might be a good thing.https://x.com/politlcsuk/status/2066624559122469145Yes, and then don’t ban social media per se, but ban algorithms, with strict liability on any platforms that allow them.
UK's social media ban for under-16s is set to be enforced at device-level, with Apple and Google forced to verify the age of all users
This is how it should be done. Verify once and done.
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Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
https://x.com/politlcsuk/status/2066624559122469145
UK's social media ban for under-16s is set to be enforced at device-level, with Apple and Google forced to verify the age of all users
This is how it should be done. Verify once and done.
UK's social media ban for under-16s is set to be enforced at device-level, with Apple and Google forced to verify the age of all users
This is how it should be done. Verify once and done.
Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/2066618075852734809Lasagne's back on the menu, boys!
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Re: A win is a win – politicalbetting.com
Reform members narrowly prefer Zia Yusuf to succeed Farage as their leader, followed by Tice and Anderson and Jenrick
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