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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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[–] 0 points 3 days ago (8 children)

I feel like this is good in a way. We're pushing teens off the mainstream internet and letting them find niche spaces like here!

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    In the same way that we pushed teens out of third spaces and forced them to find other ways to socialize (while pretty much eliminating third spaces all together) and now we're concerned about their online social media use?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    I kind of think that it's more likely to result in expanded VPN use.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    "Coming this January: Meta VPN services! For only $78 per month!"

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    VPNs are more or less a commodity; the service is pretty interchangeable among providers, and so the market is competitive. I think that it'd be hard for someone to charge a lot more for a service and get many customers. Too easy to just use one of the other providers.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    I would agree with you, if knowledge about the Fediverse's existence were a lot more common than it is. I don't think that many teens actually have ever heard of alternatives.

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago (1 child)

    As an idiot teen, I can confirm that we can find the Fediverse and will go to any corner of the internet if we're desperate enough

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  • [–] 1 point 11 hours ago

    That's good! The Fediverse should really be a thing that vibes with younger generations. No algorithm that poisons your mind, no profit incentives for the people running instances and a lot more socially liberal than commercial platforms.

    But i have the suspicion - since lemmy only has around 40k MAU, and these are mostly an older fraction of the population - that you might be the exception.

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