Under-16s will be banned from using social media, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced.
Starmer says social media is making children unhappy, making it easier for bullies to abuse children, and is “designed to be addictive”. A ban would give children more time, security, and more freedom to grow up - as well as more opportunities, he adds.
“That is all any parent wants. They want to know that Britain will be better for their children, that they will get a fair chance,” the PM says in a speech in Downing Street.
Starmer adds that the government is “not prepared to compromise” on the safety and happiness of children - and that includes in the regulation and enforcement of this ban. He says the government has listened to and learned from countries like Australia, where a similar ban has already been introduced.
Is it mandated that you use it on every social media site, like Lemmy or Reddit or YouTube?
No. Because digital IDs are not used only for that. So you, like everyone else, are not really against digital ID but against universal identification?
Universal identification via digital ID is what this is about. You’re trying to split hairs.
These laws are going to require you to verify your identity using a government issued digital id.
I’m not splitting hair. People are demonizing digital ID without understanding what those do. Like for many other things, there are good and bad use cases for digital ID. “Digital ID” is not a synonym for “universal identification”. I’m just making sure people understand that.