Young people have their say: rethink the UK social media ban.
It makes a bad situation worse. Teens are just being pushed into unregulated spaces.
A ban does nothing to actually tackle the cause of online harms coming from the business model of the platforms themselves.
That’s what we need to fix.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/prime-minister-burnham-uk-government-scotland-keir-starmer-b3031838.html
#socialmediaban #ageverification #bigtech #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
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