Neil Brown19h 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 threadNini17h ago
@neil "Giving children their childhood back"... okay, so they're also giving them freedoms back as well? No? Just restricting them but doing nothing about the toxicity of the social media they use? Alright, tell me how that goes then.
Show threadHavoc BSc MSc 💚
@nini @neil and then unleashing the whole putrid mess onto them at 16 with no prior experience, training or ability to judge content for themselves. But of course, #prohibition really worked didn't it, not 🥴
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