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Seriously? I don't think you can put that genie back in the bottle...

BBC: Under-16s to be banned from TikTok, YouTube and other social media by next spring, Starmer says

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c77yx1jpg1nt

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@ai6yr

I continue to wonder where the push for these blanket bans on social media, cell phones, etc. are coming from.

Since they manifestly do not help anyone.

@michael_w_busch @ai6yr

I fished up one plausible explanation searching for billionaire social media ban. Eventually that led to Murdoch social media ban and this plausible looking article

https://www.techpolicy.press/youve-been-murdoched-australias-teen-ban-offers-a-warning-for-europe/

It argues that Murdoch is trying force people away from social media and back to traditional media.

You've Been Murdoched: Australia’s Teen Ban Offers a Warning for Europe

Before Brussels follows Canberra's example, it is worth asking how Australia got there — and who was actually driving the machine, and why.

Tech Policy Press