BytePulseNet (@BytePulseNet@mastodon.social)
🌐 UK vs Australia: Social Media Bans for Under-16s
The UK plans a social media ban for children under 16, echoing Australia’s approach but differing in enforcement and implications.
https://www.byte-pulse.net/article/uk-vs-australia-social-media-bans-for-under-16s
#socialmedia #childsafety #UK #Australia
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story (@story@www.wired.com)
A Crypto Scam Targeted a Gay OnlyFans Star. Then His X Feed Was Flooded With 'MAGA Propaganda'
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didleth (@didleth@mastodon.social)
Czy musimy rezygnować z social mediów, dbać o higienę internetową i wypełniać wszelkie inne nakazy internetowych ekspertów? O apologetyzmie jednej sprawy i prawie do normalności.
Zapraszam do lektury! :)
https://didleth.pl/o-apologetyzmie-jednej-sprawy-i-prawie-do-normalnosci/
#socialmedia #prywatność #dyskusje #inba
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ghina25 (@ghina25@mastodon.social)
I've been experimenting with social media schedulers versus manual posting for a few months now. While schedulers do save time and allow for consistent content distribution, I've noticed that manual posts often feel more authentic and engage my audience better. There's something about the spontaneity of sharing in real-time that resonates deeply. Have you had similar experiences? Do you prefer scheduling or going live with your posts? 🤔
#SocialMedia #Authenticity #ContentCreation
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CM30 (@CM30@ohai.social)
God this UK social media ban stuff is ridiculous. As someone who met most of my friends and community through the internet, this is just going to hurt kids from overly conservative/religious/strict families, especially those from LGBTQ backgrounds.
Also going to just send kids towards sites that don’t care for this crap, and have no interest in any safety measures at all.
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openonline (@openonline@social.thelab.uno)
📰 «I social rendono i ragazzi infelici», parte il bando per gli under 16 nel Regno Unito: cosa cambia su scrolling infinito, live e «coprifuoco per under 18»
#️⃣ #TECNOLOGIA #Giovani #RegnoUnito #Salutementale #Socialmedia #OpenOnline #TheLabSocial #News #Notizie #Italia
🔗 https://www.open.online/2026/06/15/social-vietati-minori-regno-unito-cosa-prevede/
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KimSJ (@KimSJ@mastodon.social)
If we want to make SM safer for children (and everyone else), Trump’s forced buyout of US TikTok is the perfect model. Let’s do an EU version of that to YouTube, X and Facebook for starters.
#SocialMedia #EUPolitics #Politics #X
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pmmueller (@pmmueller@mastodon.social)
Jamie Marsland on teenagers, glowing rectangles and social media.
Definitely worth a read
#smartphones #socialmedia #16 https://www.pootlepress.com/2026/06/we-ran-a-huge-social-experiment-on-a-whole-generation-it-turned-out-to-be-terrible/
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Rutherglen Nostalgia group holds ‘Burgh Bash’ for 170 older residents
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pre (@pre@boing.world)
Content warning:UKPol kids banned
OBrien on the radio thinks that its okay to ban kids from Youtube even though their exam revision videos are on youtube, because the revision videos will just end up somewhere else.
He thinks though that the suicide encouragement and terrible anorexia mutual support will not simply end up somewhere else I guess. 🤷♂️
"No downside to this at all" he reckons. 🤣
"Nobody sensible can be against this ban"
This is what irks me most. The absolute refusal to see any issues at all in the ban. Just refusing to understand that there's any support help or encouragement for kids on these forums. That they are only places for radicalisation and bullying.
TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Twitch, X, Threads, Facebook and Kick.
I note that Bluesky didn't make the blacklist. I expect it'll be added during debate. Can't list everything though, so the kids will surely just go to whoever isn't listed? 4-chan seems to not be included? What a strange list.
I don't use any of them besides Youtube so won't be forced into ID checks for them myself. My youtube account is itself over 18 years old so don't think they'll ask.
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2026 (@2026@rbfirehose.com)
Associated Press: Starmer says Britain will ban under-16s from using a range of social media apps. “Starmer said the U.K. measures ‘possibly go a bit further’ than Australia’s ban, which bars under-16s from holding social media accounts and allows for multimillion-dollar fines for tech firms if they don’t remove them. The U.K. said its ban will apply to platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, […]
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tagesschau (@tagesschau@ard.social)
Großbritannien plant Social-Media-Verbot für unter 16-Jährige
In Großbritannien soll der Zugang zu sozialen Medien für Kinder und Jugendliche unter 16 Jahren bald tabu sein. Mehrere EU-Staaten erwägen ebenfalls ein Social-Media-Verbot, auch in Deutschland werden Einschränkungen geprüft.
#Großbritannien #Internet #SocialMedia
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