Wild. Basically all the experts said that we need nuance, and the qualitative responses said "Hang on, don't do a blanket ban" but they went with those who wanted a black and white solution
Gov also commissioned Savanta to do surveying. Twice as many kids of all ages said social media helps them feel connected and included versus anxious or worried. Nationally representative panel was 4x more likely to say benefits outweighed risks than self-selecting consultation. Guess which one won?
Keir Starmer keeps referring to the consultation as evidence for why the social media ban isn't a last gasp by-election gambit in his answers to the press. The consultation had 116,211 responses to 54 questions. The government has published a single percentage of answers to just two questions
From a leading British lawyer, for Zeteo UK today:
zeteonews.co.uk/p/filton-4-p...
Damn if only those kids were consuming government approved media for kids, like the newspapers and BBC and GB news eh damn that would have prevented it
From one of the many PR emails I'm getting about the government social media ban. Obviously this is from someone selling this technology.
But stop to think about just how utterly dystopian this is: *constant* video surveillance of all online activity, for everyone.
I feel like I'm going mad here. Up is down, black is white, left is right. Have a look for yourself www.gov.uk/government/c...
Oh, they've now finally just published some underlying data. And surprise surprise, it shows things are way more nuanced. 68% of kids think the benefits of social media outweigh the drawbacks, or don't have a view either way
"These people are lacking character and morals so..." is just a much more comforting story to tell yourself in a country built solely around your politics, that is a now a failed, collapsing heap of shite heading for fascism.
Which you will embrace rather than redistribute some power and capital.
Congratulations to the lobby group who swamped the consultation with 33,000 proforma responses in favour of a ban - it worked