The UK social media ban for under-16s does nothing to sort out the harms caused by platforms.
Harmful content is a product of a business model that uses data to drive engagement and target users with ads.
Digital ID checks feed more data into this system, while leaving the engine for harms unchecked.
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A social media ban addresses the symptoms, not the cause of online harms.
Platforms rely on extensive data collection to target ads and keep users online for longer.
Algorithms prioritise content most likely to capture attention and drive interaction, spreading harmful, polarising and addictive content.
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An under-16s ban means making every adult prove they're over 16 for access.
The data shared for age verification can also be used by platforms and the wider data broker ecosystem to send you ads and customised content.
It's a policy that fuels the very business model that generates online harms.
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Not just to send ads but to trace you and individualise propaganda.
the ads and data broker ecosystem getting used for manipulating public opinion and political propaganda is nothing new at this point...
Any form of identification online must be abolished and we need to come to a place where everyone is anonymous and cannot be told apart from anyone else. Not even by the platforms themselves or this will just get further down into the authoritarian rabbit hole...
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Klaus Frank