Shaun Walker1d ago

My early teens were spent largely online, and it allowed me to connect with people from all over the world. I would be a lesser person if I was restricted to only knowing the people geographically close to me.

This just increases the impact of the birth postcode lottery. And will continue this country’s decline backwards instilling more insular and xenophobic attitudes.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/social-media-to-be-banned-for-under-16s-in-landmark-government-move-to-givekids-their-childhood-back

Social media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood back

Social media platforms to be blocked from offering services to under-16s, marking a line in the sand and setting a new normal for future generations.

GOV.UK
Show threadEggs now in different baskets.

@theshaunwalker When I was a teenager the closest thing to the internet was a suite of BBC Micros connected to an Econet network.

I do not see that the UK was more or less xenophobic then than now. I lived through the era of Enoch Powell and the euphoria of finally joining the "Common Market".

Perhaps the difference was that the chattering classes and up could still ignore other people's realities.

Now, all of these realities, the good, the bad, and the ugly are impossible to avoid.

Jun 15 at 1:56pmWeb