It is far better to protect them from social media than to protect them from poverty /s
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2026
22 points (100.0% liked)
United Kingdom
6751 readers
414 users here now
General community for news/discussion in the UK.
Less serious posts should go in !casualuk@feddit.uk or !andfinally@feddit.uk
More serious politics should go in !uk_politics@feddit.uk.
Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.
Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.
Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.
If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.
Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.
Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Aren't we on this form of social media because we inherently disagree how larger forms (X, FB) are ran and who runs them?
I don't necessarily agree with the implementation, but I can definitely see why a reduction in people using those social media could be a net positive for the country.
Though no disagreement about a 11% increase being shocking, and thats despite lifting the two child benefit cap!
Aren't we on this form of social media because we inherently disagree how larger forms (X, FB) are ran and who runs them?
Seems like a reason to change how those larger forms run and who runs them then.
No algorithms, no dark patterns. No information systems, controlled by billionaires, with a vested interested in what information is shown to whom.
Or we can do nothing about the problems, and instead invade your privacy