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UK Under-16 Social Media Ban Could Hit YouTube Kids, Spotify (yipzap.com)
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UK under-16 social media ban may expand to 150 platforms, including YouTube Kids, Lego Play and Spotify. See who it hits and when it starts.

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[–] 6 points 3 days ago (1 child)

If you stop minors from accessing the mainstream public social media sites/platforms, they'll just accept it obediently and won't try workarounds. What could be worse than an instagram addiction? The UK is about to find out.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Exactly. When I was a kid, I was all like "rules exist for good reason" and "the grownups are never unreasonable." Historically, every time a government enacts a prohibition, it works great.

    These kids are going to vibe-code entire parallel services.

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