Neil Brown1d 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 threadBen Curthoys
@neil I applaud the idea of testing a policy before making it law. Surely that has to be better than passing legislation and then just lying about whether it has made things better or not?
Mar 25 at 8:35amPhanpy
Show threadNeil Brown1d ago

@bencurthoys The government very recently opened a consultation on this topic.

There is no clear, concise documentation of the problem to be solved.

People have not had a chance to respond, let alone for responses to be analysed and considered.

And yet here we are, testing a pre-determined set of technical "solutions".