Neil Brown22h ago

> Children and parents to pilot social media bans, time limits and curfews at home, as government tests next steps to give UK kids their childhood back

Yeesh.

I look forward to reading the research ethics approval for this.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/children-and-parents-to-pilot-social-media-bans-time-limits-and-curfews-at-home-as-government-tests-next-steps-to-give-uk-kids-their-childhood-back

Children and parents to pilot social media bans, time limits and curfews at home, as government tests next steps to give UK kids their childhood back

Government pilots social media bans, time limits and digital curfews in 300 teenage homes to inform national consultation on children's online safety.

GOV.UK
Show threadWren Reilly

@neil

The same politicians defunding third spaces for kids are behind this nonsense. Libraries, protected bike lanes, expanded pedestrian-only zones, more playgrounds, speed limits, and height restrictions on SUVs would do more to get kids offline. Where are children supposed to go, exactly?

Mar 25 at 8:34amWeb
Show threadAnneH22h ago
@akareilly @neil Exactly.
Show threadIrene (she/they, Sir/Mr.)22h ago
@akareilly based on whats happening w child labor laws in the US, i fully expect their answer to be "work" @neil
Show threadWren Reilly22h ago

@Irenetherogue @neil

“The children yearn for the mines! It is only social media keeping them out!”

Show threadu042179321h ago
@akareilly @neil
Show threadPhil Dennis-Jordan21h ago
@akareilly @neil Are the "Mosquito" sonic weapons against young people still being used in the UK? The use of those things always seemed a reductive but appropriate summary of how Britain treats children. (I haven't been back for a few years, and probably couldn't hear them anymore now; but they definitely crossed the pain threshold when I could hear them. Deploying such a thing really takes a special kind of nastiness.)
Show threadWren Reilly15h ago

@pmdj @neil

As far as I know they are still legal in the UK.

If the children simply spend their days darting under spinning machines to gather valuable cotton scraps, the clanking sounds will drown out the Mosquito!