Sir Keir Starmer has declared that social media use will be prohibited for all minors under sixteen.

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      Thought the same last time I tried to make a fake Facebook account for marketplace. Then they wanted a 360 video of my head. Lol, closed.

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      This sort of thing seems to be getting pushed globally recently and I do worry about how relatively little pushback there is from most people.

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        The Sociopathic Oligarchs have insisted on full surveillance of the Citizens. Larry Ellison said:

        “We’re going to have supervision,” Ellison said. “Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on.”

        https://fortune.com/2025/09/28/larry-ellison-ai-surveillance-oracle-tiktok-deal-social-media/

        They intend to track our every move, and expect us to live our lives by THEIR standards.

        BTW, when I was checking sources, a few of the headlines characterized it as he “once said…,” as if it were a statement he made years ago, and perhaps it doesn’t reflect his current thinking…

        He made that statement last September, at a public conference.

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        I guess after years of shouting “we need to violate your privacy to protect the children” they governments decided to not care and just ram through these measures despite people opposing them.