▲ 114 ▼ UK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. (www.gov.uk) submitted 4 months ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (4 children) YouTube too? There’s an abundance of tutorials over there… permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 8 points 4 months ago A dumb populace is easier to control. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 4 points 4 months ago But no Discord. permalink fedilink source parent [–] philodendron@lemdro.id 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Yeah that seems extreme. I wouldn’t mind if they only took away the comments section permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago* YouTube does provide the ability to livestream, and it sounds like livestreaming is one thing that they're upset about, not just commenting. searches Ironically, apparently 10 Downing Street livestreams there: https://youtube.com/@10downingstreet/streams EDIT: And on Twitter, but that's also targeted. https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/2066416751848706064 I guess that there's Sky News: https://news.sky.com/video/watch-labour-conference-live-as-pm-to-make-crucial-speech-13441407 And the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c24p9d7en65t permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 8 points 4 months ago A dumb populace is easier to control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] philodendron@lemdro.id 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Yeah that seems extreme. I wouldn’t mind if they only took away the comments section permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago* YouTube does provide the ability to livestream, and it sounds like livestreaming is one thing that they're upset about, not just commenting. searches Ironically, apparently 10 Downing Street livestreams there: https://youtube.com/@10downingstreet/streams EDIT: And on Twitter, but that's also targeted. https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/2066416751848706064 I guess that there's Sky News: https://news.sky.com/video/watch-labour-conference-live-as-pm-to-make-crucial-speech-13441407 And the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c24p9d7en65t permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago* YouTube does provide the ability to livestream, and it sounds like livestreaming is one thing that they're upset about, not just commenting. searches Ironically, apparently 10 Downing Street livestreams there: https://youtube.com/@10downingstreet/streams EDIT: And on Twitter, but that's also targeted. https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/2066416751848706064 I guess that there's Sky News: https://news.sky.com/video/watch-labour-conference-live-as-pm-to-make-crucial-speech-13441407 And the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c24p9d7en65t permalink fedilink source parent