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 threadvksxypants

@neil > One group of the parents will be instructed on how to use parental controls to remove or entirely disable access to selected social media apps, practically mimicking the enforcement of a social media ban at home.

If we can practically mimic a social media ban at home via existing parental controls, then why does the government need legislation and enforced age verification?

Mar 25 at 9:40amWeb
Show threadvksxypants21h ago
@neil If the hypothesis is that we need legislation and age verification because existing parental controls aren't effective then this study won't actually test that.