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The U.K. government is not ruling out further beefing up of existing online safety rules by adding an Australian-style ban on social media for kids under 16 technology secretary Peter Kyle has said.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I just don't see how this can work. The goal posts will move daily to try to inhibit this. That's the wrong approach entirely. Just chasing your tail constantly, like what happened with piracy. The correct approach to this should be education (not just of the kids) and that there are consequences by posting things publicly.