All the things they purport to save the kids from are things I, a 52-yr old man, don't want to see either. Unsolicited nudes, violence, fetishization of weapons, suicide forums, AI generated porn etc. But, of course the UK government wants to introduce creeping infringements of privacy in the name of a #socialMediaBan rather than tackle the problems where they generate revenue, at the source. No problems for advertisers, data brokers, social media platforms. No, it's the KIDS tHeY mUSt be SAveD!
jenny tightpants (@jtp.bsky.social)

social media that's bad for minors is obviously bad for adults too. crazy to me that the move seems to be to just accept that and ban minors rather than regulate the obvious design patterns that were put in there on purpose which make it harmful to its users

Bluesky Social