THIS. Do I worry about the effects of social media on my 11-year-old? Obviously yes. Do I think she should be banned from it any more than young men falling into the manosphere on Reddit, middle-aged ladies being dragged into transphobia on Mumsnet, or pensioners radicalised by Facebook? 100% no.
Caroline Dodds Pennock
The hoopla about social media is an excellent example. No one is even asking whether older people are radicalised, or damaged more, or in greater number, than digital natives. We just kneejerk demand the removal of the autonomy of younger people.
Jolyon Maugham KC
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Is it because our press is contemptuous of their opinions, the NHS is killing their friends, Government is drowning them in debt, Local Authorities have sold off their spaces, Ministers are in bed with the AI that will take their jobs, we sold off their homes, and the world is burning?
