#socialmediabans — Public Fediverse posts

I was wrong about the danger of smartphones in schools. It’s far, far worse than I thought | Lola Okolosie https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/22/school-smartphone-ban-teachers-pupils-addiction-devices #MobilePhones #EducationPolicy #Smartphones #Schools #TeacherNetwork #Education #Teaching #SocialMediaBans #Politics #Technology #UkNews

438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/438-experts-said-age-verification-is-dangerous-legislators-are-moving-forward-with-it-anyway/

438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/438-experts-said-age-verification-is-dangerous-legislators-are-moving-forward-with-it-anyway/

438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/438-experts-said-age-verification-is-dangerous-legislators-are-moving-forward-with-it-anyway/

438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/14/438-experts-said-age-verification-is-dangerous-legislators-are-moving-forward-with-it-anyway/

Meta, Tiktok and Google under investigation for allegedly disobeying Australia’s social media ban https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/31/meta-tiktok-snapchat-google-under-investigation-australia-social-media-ban #SocialMediaBan #AustraliaNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #SocialMediaBans #SocialNetworking #Technology

Keir Starmer says UK will ‘have to act’ to curb addictive features of social media https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/29/keir-starmer-social-media-curb-addictive-features #SocialMediaBan #SocialMediaBans #UkNews #WorldNews #KeirStarmer #BridgetPhillipson #Politics #SocialMedia #DigitalMedia #Children #Society #Media

House of Lords push for Australian-style social media ban for under-16s https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/26/social-media-ban-under-16s-uk-house-lords #SocialMediaBan #HouseOfLords #Labour #Politics #YoungPeople #SocialMediaBans #Society #InternetSafety #UkNews #Children

Study links children’s social media use with anxiety and depression in teenage years https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/22/study-children-social-media-anxiety-depression #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBans #MentalHealth #YoungPeople #ImperialCollegeLondon #Depression #Anxiety #Children #UkNews #SocialMediaBan #SocialMediaBan #DigitalMedia #Education #Health #Society

Study links children’s social media use with anxiety and depression in teenage years https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/22/study-children-social-media-anxiety-depression #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBans #MentalHealth #YoungPeople #ImperialCollegeLondon #Depression #Anxiety #Children #UkNews #SocialMediaBan #SocialMediaBan #DigitalMedia #Education #Health #Society

Study links children’s social media use with anxiety and depression in teenage years https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/22/study-children-social-media-anxiety-depression #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBans #MentalHealth #YoungPeople #ImperialCollegeLondon #Depression #Anxiety #Children #UkNews #SocialMediaBan #SocialMediaBan #DigitalMedia #Education #Health #Society

Study links children’s social media use with anxiety and depression in teenage years https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/22/study-children-social-media-anxiety-depression #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBans #MentalHealth #YoungPeople #ImperialCollegeLondon #Depression #Anxiety #Children #UkNews #SocialMediaBan #SocialMediaBan #DigitalMedia #Education #Health #Society

@theferret maybe instead of 'banning everything' Governments could look into how our Youth are groomed by Nazis online?

#UKPOL #UKpolitics #Technology #SocialMediaBans #Nazis #Groomers #Gaming

@theferret maybe instead of 'banning everything' Governments could look into how our Youth are groomed by Nazis online?

#UKPOL #UKpolitics #Technology #SocialMediaBans #Nazis #Groomers #Gaming

@theferret maybe instead of 'banning everything' Governments could look into how our Youth are groomed by Nazis online?

#UKPOL #UKpolitics #Technology #SocialMediaBans #Nazis #Groomers #Gaming

@theferret maybe instead of 'banning everything' Governments could look into how our Youth are groomed by Nazis online?

#UKPOL #UKpolitics #Technology #SocialMediaBans #Nazis #Groomers #Gaming

@theferret maybe instead of 'banning everything' Governments could look into how our Youth are groomed by Nazis online?

#UKPOL #UKpolitics #Technology #SocialMediaBans #Nazis #Groomers #Gaming

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/ban-children-social-media-biometic-data-surveilled #InternetSafety #YoungPeople #SocialMediaBans #SocialMediaBan #SocialMediaBan #SocialMediaBan #Internet #Technology #UkNews #WorldNews

Badenoch tells Starmer to ‘just get on’ with under-16s social media ban https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/21/kemi-badenoch-keir-starmer-under-16s-social-media-ban-uk #SocialMediaBan #KemiBadenoch #KeirStarmer #Conservatives #Labour #SocialMediaBans #UkNews #Politics #SocialMedia #Children #ChildProtection #InternetSafety #OnlineAbuse #Media #Society #Technology

Badenoch tells Starmer to ‘just get on’ with under-16s social media ban https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/21/kemi-badenoch-keir-starmer-under-16s-social-media-ban-uk #SocialMediaBan #KemiBadenoch #KeirStarmer #Conservatives #Labour #SocialMediaBans #UkNews #Politics #SocialMedia #Children #ChildProtection #InternetSafety #OnlineAbuse #Media #Society #Technology

UK study to examine effects of restricting social media for children https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/20/uk-study-examine-effects-restricting-social-media-children #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBans #UniversityOfCambridge #Media #Children #SocialMediaBan #InternetSafety #Bradford #Yorkshire #UkNews #Society

UK study to examine effects of restricting social media for children https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/20/uk-study-examine-effects-restricting-social-media-children #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBans #UniversityOfCambridge #Media #Children #SocialMediaBan #InternetSafety #Bradford #Yorkshire #UkNews #Society

NY Times Runs Defense For Social Media Bans, Buries Evidence They Don’t Work Until Paragraph 14

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/17/ny-times-runs-defense-for-social-media-bans-buries-evidence-they-dont-work-until-paragraph-14/

#Meta supports proposals for an #EU-wide #digitalmajorityage, requiring #parentalconsent for younger #teens’ access to #digitalservices: The company advocates for #ageverification at the #appstore or #operatingsystem level, rather than government-mandated #socialmediabans. https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0704/1521746-meta-eu/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Celebrity memecoin promoter Sahil Arora banned by X - Despite mounting scam allegations and social media bans, Arora continues... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/sahil-arora-banned-celebrity-memecoin-scams #celebritymemecoins #bingxpartnership #fraudaccusations #scamallegations #socialmediabans #floydmayweather #caitlynjenner #habibi_comm #sahilarora #iggyazalea #richthekid #offset #xban

Celebrity memecoin promoter Sahil Arora banned by X - Despite mounting scam allegations and social media bans, Arora continues... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/sahil-arora-banned-celebrity-memecoin-scams #celebritymemecoins #bingxpartnership #fraudaccusations #scamallegations #socialmediabans #floydmayweather #caitlynjenner #habibi_comm #sahilarora #iggyazalea #richthekid #offset #xban

Celebrity memecoin promoter Sahil Arora banned by X - Despite mounting scam allegations and social media bans, Arora continues... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/sahil-arora-banned-celebrity-memecoin-scams #celebritymemecoins #bingxpartnership #fraudaccusations #scamallegations #socialmediabans #floydmayweather #caitlynjenner #habibi_comm #sahilarora #iggyazalea #richthekid #offset #xban

Celebrity memecoin promoter Sahil Arora banned by X - Despite mounting scam allegations and social media bans, Arora continues... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/sahil-arora-banned-celebrity-memecoin-scams #celebritymemecoins #bingxpartnership #fraudaccusations #scamallegations #socialmediabans #floydmayweather #caitlynjenner #habibi_comm #sahilarora #iggyazalea #richthekid #offset #xban