🤨

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

#ukpol

@ai6yr Saw this on the 🦋 site:

#Via Dave Andress / davidandress
4:38 AM · Jun 15, 2026

"Evidence from Australia six months after implementing its "total ban" on young people accessing social media indicated that SEVENTY PERCENT of young people were evading it.

SEVENTY PERCENT."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-14/why-teens-say-social-media-ban-isnt-working-for-under-16s/106780590

Why young people say the social media ban is not working six months on

Research suggests many under-16s are still active on social media platforms. BTN High explores why and tests the accuracy of popular technology used to estimate age.

@_L1vY_ ThΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ That seems low ;-)
@_L1vY_ @ai6yr sampling bias, they missed the other 30%