▲ 69 ▼ Starmer to unveil social media ban for under-16s (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) They’re not banning IRC or forums, though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago As far as I (a non-British person) can tell the actual proposal hasn't been released yet so: nobody knows. I do know that I wouldn't count on them doing a good job of defining what "social media" is; and if we're being honest then IRC, Usenet, forums, and Lemmy should all be included in that definition as they are all forms of it. I started coding when I was 10 (yea, I know, that's earlier than usual, but still!) and I learned so much from programming forums and mailing lists that I think it's safe to say my entire career would be on a very different or VERY delayed path if I wasn't allowed access to those until I was 16. Sorry, you must be old enough to pilot a multi-thousand-pound vehicle at highway speeds before we let you learn about the dark magic that is Perl and awk. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago As far as I (a non-British person) can tell the actual proposal hasn't been released yet so: nobody knows. I do know that I wouldn't count on them doing a good job of defining what "social media" is; and if we're being honest then IRC, Usenet, forums, and Lemmy should all be included in that definition as they are all forms of it. I started coding when I was 10 (yea, I know, that's earlier than usual, but still!) and I learned so much from programming forums and mailing lists that I think it's safe to say my entire career would be on a very different or VERY delayed path if I wasn't allowed access to those until I was 16. Sorry, you must be old enough to pilot a multi-thousand-pound vehicle at highway speeds before we let you learn about the dark magic that is Perl and awk. permalink fedilink source parent