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Social media bans don't work.

Yet it's happening globally as leaders try to grab headlines with creeping digital ID checks.

This doesn't take on how platforms are designed to capture users' attention with harmful content through data-driven algorithms so they can sell ads.

ORG's @JamesBaker explains ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/bBTjPwubE92HMVGtt9dN2Z

#stopKillingInternet #stopKillingTheInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

Social media bans don't work #stopKillingInternet

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Open Rights Group 2d ago

A global movement to #stopKillingInternet is coming.

Bans will wall off the open Internet. Kids locked out and adults pushed through digital ID checks.

Connection and access to information is being swept away for a policy that leaves platforms free to continue promoting harmful content for profit.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.stopkillingtheinternet.com/

#socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

Stop Killing the Internet

Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions — and building a better internet.

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Open Rights Group 2d ago

The problem of online harms lies with the underlying business models of social media platforms.

Bans based on making everyone do digital ID checks don't change that.

We must break the advertising-driven business model built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement.

Sign our petition ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

#stopKillingInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

Break Big Tech: Dismantle the root cause of online harms

Platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram harvest our personal data so that they can target us with ads. Their platforms are designed to keep us online, pushing out content that will keep us engaged. Their power to shape and control what we see online is not only harming children and adults but democracy itself. But we often feel locked in, not wanting to leave the spaces where we still have friends, family and followers. The Government says it’s holding Big Tech to account over online...

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EF 2d ago

@openrightsgroup why not start a gov one instead? Over 100,000 signatures means it has to be debated in parliament. They'll do nothing different as they always do because bribery and corruption is more important than what is right or best for the people.

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@EF @openrightsgroup https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757233 already over 100k

And it's only "may be debated" per https://petition.parliament.uk/help

Petition: Do not ban social media for under 16s

I think the government shouldn’t ban social media for under 16s. This is because for many young people social media is how they communicate with their friends. Some people view social media as a lifeline. A community, a supportive network. This is why I think the government shouldn’t ban it.

Petitions - UK Parliament and UK Government