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UK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. (www.gov.uk)
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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Yeah that seems extreme. I wouldn’t mind if they only took away the comments section

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  • [–] 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.

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    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

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