Simon Harris says social media ban for under-16s under ‘serious consideration’ | Irish Independent

by Banania2020

25 comments
  1. The main responsibility still lies with parents. Kids will bypass any restrictions given a little time. At 14 I was bypassing my schools IT restrictions and content filters.

  2. It’s a good job we can still close this funny looking box with ‘Pandora’ written on it after we opened it back in the 2000’s. More performative bollocks as per.

  3. How has this worked in other countries? Is it enforceable?

  4. 9 months ago he said no more self regulation for social media.. how has he progressed so far on that issue? 🌬️ 

  5. Feck that, could we not get it for under 50’s or something?

    Ban it and legally enforce everyone going back to the 3210.

    Snake and texting, yes please.

    (And before anyone mentions it you can fuck off with 3310s and Snake 2.)

  6. While we can work on multiple issues at once, we absolutely have many many issues that are far more important than this performative bollocks.

  7. Oh, wow, FFFG doing something useful. 

    Well…just talking about it and collecting polling data…

  8. You can’t ban everything , anymore than they could ban children in cars, but parental controls and app restrictions SHOULD be introduced. You can set up profiles on devices with restricted access, parental controls, passwords, timers etc. To many don’t do it because we’ve left smart technology become this thing where you pick it up and use it without understanding it. Even your driving lessons make you name the car parts under the hood.

    We can’t do nothing but I’d seriously want the current government to actually educate themselves on these devices before trying to implement bans

  9. Anything except make social media corporations actually police & be responsible their content.

  10. Id be completely fine with this. Social media should definitely be restricted for minors.

  11. Best of luck with that Simon. Let us know when you’ve figured out how to get the toothpaste back in the tube .

  12. I’m I the only one that thinks Drugs and anti social behaviour should be a bigger issue when it comes to youth. The goverment has usual always has screwed priorities it seems.

  13. Why 16. Ban them entirely and let’s be done with it. Absolutely useless platforms that offer no value and only exists to sell info about you

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