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The UK Bans Social Media for Under-16s: What Next?

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War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength. We all love big brother
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@BlindMonk93 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 239
15 yr olds in Year 11 will be blocked from using YouTube to study for exams. While 16 yr olds in Year 11 can use it.

RIP to those with a summer birthday.
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How long till he’s out of office?
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Banning them for children is like banning murder only if the target is a child.. the addictive and negative algorithms should be targetted, not the age of the user
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It's not a ban for kids
It's a requirement to identify all political dissenters on social media with government ID's so they can control dissent
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This is a massive blow to privacy and a huge boon to data thieves. The fact that this video didn't even mention that concern is shameful.
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@radon_slp From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 488
As someone who was bullied quite severely as a child I do not say this lightly, I probably wouldn't be here today without YouTube. School to me felt like a prison. Literally the only respite I had in my life was the internet, it was the only place I felt like I could exist without pressure. I agree that there is a social media problem today but I think that mainly comes down to the format of modern content than anything. Platforms like Instagram and TikTok literally designed their systems to feel like gambling, with the repetitive motion of scrolling and the reward being interesting content. That's where the real mental health issues lie, a blanket ban is foolish and as we have seen, ineffective. Honestly thanks you guys for standing up to this.
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Now they lose the youth vote
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@aceca5147 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 38
YouTube 100% should not be included with the other social media, I'd barely even qualify as social media. Having had rough times as a young teenager when I was feeling down, getting home from school and watching Smosh, PewDiePie or jacksepticeye really really made my day mentally.
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I find it interesting so many parents are against their kids being on social media, but have done absolutely nothing to prevent it.
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@PeskyWabb1t From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 539
I love expanding government power when my allies are in charge because my enemies will definitely never get back into power and use the precedent against me.
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So we have to go through all this crap because parents won't watch their children, but still buy them devices.
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"what next"
Increased VPN use in the UK.
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@radon_slp From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 269
We've seen that this doesn't work already. Australia's ban largely failed because kids found work arounds on their own or their parents did it for them. This doesn't even consider the fact that banning something usually pushes the people that use it into shadier, unregulated alternatives. The very legislation intended to "protect kids" may very well push them into the arms of predators.
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Can’t wait to have to give my ID to even more companies, who will then inevitably leak it after promising to delete it
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@Not_Erikk From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 746
If only there was some sort of parental control system parents could use to limit this stuff.
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@toast1797 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1300
I am NOT giving my ID to watch youtube this is insanity
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Keir starmer using all his mental energy to rage bait the entire UK
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@phalanx9005 From YouTube ↗ 21 Jun 2026 1500
Imagine if they went this hard on the water companies who are ravaging our rivers and streams with sewage...
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The UK’s own study concluded that a social media ban is not as effective as teaching parents parental controls