cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/lemmyshitpost/p/1267336/the-uk-government-has-announced-mandatory-eye-covers-for-teens-under-17-aiming-to-protec
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1267334/the-uk-government-has-announced-mandatory-eye-covers-for-teens-under-17-aiming-to-protec
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Inspired by UK banning teenagers from social media, asking them for their ID to browse the internet and forbidding them from drinking energy drinks.
There’s got to be something between coddling children on the one hand, and just letting the worst businesses on Earth freely prey upon them unhindered.
Whatever the ideal solution to that is, it’s probably not the one those companies themselves are lobbying for
I certainly agree, since my position is that Zuckerberg, Musk, et al. should be dragged into the town square and horsewhipped.
They’re called parents.
… vs dopamine-hacking billionaires. A very fair fight.
No no that requires thoughtful policy which means less time sitting in the heavily subsidised bar in the Houses of Parliament.
Whatever you suggest, I would say that putting the guilt onto the shoulders of the minors, rather than the companies producing an exploitative product, is the wrong move.
But, as ever, it’s easier to control the proletariat than the rampant oligarch class.