i think we're missing something pretty important on my social media bans post btw.
everyone, even people who agree with me, are coming at it from the perspective that it's going to work. it won't. teenagers are extremely good at working around parental controls and locks already because they have to be, and once they figure it out they will all teach each other. they are already doing this. teenagers have been using vpns to bypass parental locks on the wifi to watch porn as long as those things have existed. as long as content is available on the internet and people want to see it, there will be workarounds. this includes being 15 and wanting an instagram account. they will manage it.
which gives us two NEW problems. one: teenagers who see something distressing/are harassed or groomed on social media will no longer be able to go to trusted adults for help, because they are breaking the law.
two: once the government works out it doesn't work, there is the potential they will decide to, for example, ban adult content from being available in the UK entirely. and by adult content i of course mean posts about being transgender and like, scarleteen.com because there is also no way of banning all porn. people are just going to keep posting it.





















