taizou @lion@computerfairi.es
Joined Jun 2017
taizou
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re: ukpol
@lion a blanket ban would be basically impossible, adding to Ofcom’s growing list of failures to enforce the OSA. Basically none of the sites they have gone after with enforcement action have complied. I expect they will name the biggest sites which will be interesting. I expect it may even force adoption of smaller (riskier, potentially) sites too. All this lobbying might backfire on the likes of Meta and X.
taizou
boosted
Ukpol
Once again, the government has totally ignored a consultation and pushed ahead with a braindead plan based on a single stat squeezed out of it (“9 in 10 parents would support a ban” - unfortunately being a parent doesn’t make you clever or right, parents do not always know best).
This will be interesting…
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/12/uk-to-ban-under-16s-from-high-risk-social-media-apps
re: ukpol
In other words they may have abandoned the proposals that might require tech companies to moderate addictive design patterns or algorithms pushing harmful content but doubled down on the ones taking away agency and privacy from young people. Very typical UK government behaviour
re: ukpol
it's also notable what is missing from the proposals in the consultation tbh
Nothing about engagement-driving features like algorithmic content or infinite scrolling, despite compulsive use being a key focus of the ban campaign (unless they define "high risk" platforms as the ones w/ those features)
Joined Jun 2017
