Keir Starmer announced on Monday that he wants to ban under-16s from social media. He said parents were demanding more control. But his kids…well, his kids have other ideas.
“For example, Snapchat is one of the best things that happened to me,” tells a 13-year-old. Helen Pidd. “I don’t think adults understand, it’s how we talk and socialize with our friends.”
Executive Producer of Guardian Australia, stephen byrnesays the ban has had mixed results there but many parents are still in favor of it. As a former YouTube star himself he says he understands why kids feel they will lose a valuable community if banned in the UK. But he says he also feels something needs to be done to protect children.
technology reporter Chris Stokell-Walker He believes the ban is ill-advised and a political move. He says the government is not waiting for evidence from its own studies to show what actions will best protect children. “I think it’s a really poorly thought out solution,” he says.
