Nigel Gordon-Johnson

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@BradfemlyWalsh It will affect every single adult in the country with their current plans. All of us will have to verify via digital ID or passport just to access the internet let alone social media sites. That is how they want to bypass VPN's. It will be the most intrusive country on the planet

The thing is, the ban doesn't affect adults. So why are adults getting so angry about children being banned from something that any half-decent adult knows is bad for them? Every single adult getting mad about this on Twitter is proof that they themselves aren't affected by it!

@mikeinmcr Maybe go outside. Ride a bike. Play sports. Socialise.

Maybe go outside. Ride a bike. Play sports. Socialise. This social media ban is the best thing any government has done in years

@DPJHodges Totally agree. Not entirely sure what they're thinking.

There's a post circulating on here of a Member of Parliament discussing the social media ban with their tearful 6 year-old child. Given the nature of this forum I simply cannot understand why any politician would want to feature a young member of their family in this way.

@candylush @_marc_clark_ @JessBrownFuller Really frightening

@_marc_clark_ @NigelGJ @JessBrownFuller Honestly I watched a podcaster on YouTube and he went through it all trying to raise awareness. It’s frightening what they can do . I will find it for you if you wish and link it

Some tricky conversations this evening about the impending social media ban. ‘I don’t even know who this government guy is’ ‘Keir Starmer’ ‘Keir Starmer, what does that mean’

I am all for protecting our children but using legislation to usurp parents decision making is most certainly not the way. Trust parents to make the right decisions for their families rather than criminalising them.

Everyone will need to verify using passport, Digital ID, credit card etc. Words that should petrify every single person in the UK. Freedoms hard fought for gone under the guise of online safety cheered on by the entire establishment.

@policylaila You could use one of those digital ID's that the government is so keen for us to have!

You say it’s about protecting children but keeping adults free. So how do you check a child’s age without checking mine?

@PolitlcsUK And there you go. That is how the government gets everyone to have a digital ID.

🚨 SUMMARY: The UK's social media ban for children from early 2027: - "User-to-user" apps where people create, share and interact with content (e.g. TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, X, Facebook) will be banned for under-16s - WhatsApp, Signal and YouTube Kids will be exempt - Under-16s will also be banned from livestreaming, messaging strangers on gaming apps like Discord and using disappearing messages - 16 and 17 year olds will face nightly social media curfews and limits on infinite scrolling with more details next month - AI "romantic companion" chatbots will be banned for under-18s - Adults can still access social media through age checks like facial recognition, digital IDs, passports and credit cards

@_marc_clark_ @physics_and_god @JessBrownFuller I imagine quite a few people say this to you

@NigelGJ @physics_and_god @JessBrownFuller I had a feeling that might happen.

@pippyyeayea @JessBrownFuller I know only too well that this is a Lib Dem MP. The poor people of Chichester are only to aware as well. Lib Dem social media policy is even worse!

@NigelGJ @JessBrownFuller Is this a Lib Dem policy? Or is it rather the fact you thought they were a Labour MP, and rather than admit your mistake, continue to double down?

@_marc_clark_ @physics_and_god @JessBrownFuller Would love to but there is a freshly painted wall I prefer to watch dry

@NigelGJ @physics_and_god @JessBrownFuller Explain the irony.

@PolitlcsUK @thetimes There will be roving police patrols going door to door to rounding up anyone flouting this curfew. It will not be tolerated!

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will introduce nightly social media curfews for 16 and 17-year-olds as part of the Government's social media ban [@thetimes]

@WillKingston I think this is just recognition that no sane person or anyone under 35 is on BlueSky

This is nakedly political.

@pippyyeayea @JessBrownFuller Nope, unless you are a politician and elected MP in which case it does

@NigelGJ @JessBrownFuller Banning social media for children would be my stated position too, doesn't make it my policy, does it

@pippyyeayea @JessBrownFuller Because that is her stated position

@NigelGJ @JessBrownFuller Why would this be her policy?

@physics_and_god @_marc_clark_ @JessBrownFuller It is ironic that he doesn't see the irony

@_marc_clark_ @NigelGJ @JessBrownFuller You really don’t see the irony?? You must have grown up watching too much YouTube.

@_marc_clark_ @JessBrownFuller Technically the child is using social media by being filmed for it and her content is being used

@NigelGJ @JessBrownFuller But the child isn't using social media, the adult is. 🤦‍♂️

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