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Government proposes midnight social media curfew for teenagers

Sixteen and 17-year-olds will face an overnight social media curfew and the disabling of addictive features under government plans – but critics say it won't achieve anything as the settings can be tu

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When the Labour government thinks it's their responsibility to parent us! Because to the majority of us that's how this Labour government looks.
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People stay into the AM because of school sometimes, some people's brains either just work differently or that the workload is just that heavy. In this case, it would mean they would spend the entire day on social media and then go back to their work when it's curfew time. Somehow, I feel this isn't a good solution, and mabye find the root cause to focus on instead.
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There a bigger problem than social media
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The world was a better place before social media
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Brighton SA three jailed but why they were here when ones a murderer anyway.
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Nanny state - here we go !
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So can't go online but @16 will be getting the vote!🤦♀️👇
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As long as the average teenager accepts that at least 95% of the stuff that gets posted online is a load of crap, like the rest of us, surely after that it wouldn't matter what time of the day the average teenager reads any of the crap!
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@VoxFruit From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 18
Paid actors ahh.
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So they can't trust young people to use the internet and social media ,yet they want them to vote .Wow !
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SAID IT BEFORE ILL SAY IT AGAIN

🗣️SLAVERY
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Why are teenagers staying up until midnight anyway?
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Soon the big brother Government will control and sensor all internet content they deem unsafe. We have a ccp like Government.
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@rayvac7743 From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 17
Another freedom taken away. Simuler to 15 minutes city's.
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@zubazub66 From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 17
I would prefer the streets to be safe for everyone 🤞
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@punchy1325 From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 13
Parents take no responsibility these days
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Digital ids
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How messed up is Labours thinking, they are happy to give puberty blockers to 11 year olds, because they say can think for themselves but a 17 year-old can be miss-led if online.
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What might these teenagers do with their time if denied social media? Setting fires in the nearby countryside, I'll wager.