It's probably time I should get off my ass and write to my Labour representative saying I'm voting for any other party until they repeal this (and the "online safety act").
I hate social media but I hate "papers, please" to use the web even more.
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2026
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I've arrived at the same conclusion and will be writing to my Labour MP as well - we let the pot boil too long on this unfortunately.
Because bans have worked so well before. /s
A more appropriate headline would read something like... "UK government shows their incompetence by attempting to block children from social media."
Its likely a precursor to VPNs and identity checks but I do support social media getting out of kids lives - it should just result in large fines for the company ad parent.
..While allowing the real abusers of power to continue on. The bans are targeting the wrong people - children but also teenagers shouldnt have their rights barred because the bad guys exist. Its the bad guys who should face the consequences.
I can’t believe YouTube got included in the ban.
Good, youtube is sloppy shit and they are just as predatory a the rest.
Hope it encourages then to drop shorts to a separste app.
I guess I don’t participate in the social aspect of YouTube. I just watch videos and occasionally give a thumbs up. No idea on their business practices
It won't work lol
Sure it'll work, adults will identify themselves online, which is the point, and VPN usage will go up, guess where they're gonna hit next.
How are they going to enforce a VPN ban?
About as effectively as they keep kids off social media. It's just ratcheting up the technical requirements for anything approaching anonymity, and more get lost along the way.
They should implement this where the onus is on parents to prevent kids from accessing the sites.
Lol! Parents take responsibility for raising their kids? In 2026? That's a good one... this is the age of iPad parenting. Ain't no one expecting parents to do the work.
Anonymous replacement/workaround being cooked up in 3, 2, 1...
At least they did something right. Social media is made to get people addicted. I close my Facebook account because I noticed the feeds I was getting was just pure brain rot, low denominator slop to get people to keep sliding the feed. They should go further, for 18 years old and over.
I know that this is my particular case and yours, but can't agree more. I stopped using YouTube when I started noticing how the shitty content affected me indirectly. Is not like I really care that much, but I wanted to kill myself each fucking time I (who never searched shit like this) open YouTube and the first video was like: MAN = BAD. KILL ALL MAN. END OF THE WORLD, YOUTUBERS THAT I DON'T GIVE A FUCK "FIGHTING" EACH OTHER TO GAIN VIEWS. 😱.
So in the same way I like Lemmy (because you actually get the content you want, not sponsored shit) I started to use YouShit again through LibreTube, and now I'm happy with my cat videos.
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