White House Urges UK to Avoid Under-16 Social Media Ban

The Trump administration has absolutely no standing to lecture anyone on child‑safety policy.

This isn’t a philosophical debate about free_expression, it’s about kids being exposed to cyber‑bullying, predators, and explicit material long before they’re equipped to handle it.

That goes well beyond any reasonable definition of “free speech”.

Instead of acknowledging that, the administration is busy shielding US tech interests and pretending the real issue is regulatory inconvenience.

That deserves full criticism!

While other countries are trying to put basic protection in place, the US response is to complain that it might be awkward for American companies.

Other nations have already acted. The UK is now at least attempting to. The US should focus on fixing its own online‑safety failures before trying to lean on other nations about theirs.

7 minutes ago, Jim Waldron said:

This isn’t a philosophical debate about free_expression, it’s about kids being exposed to cyber‑bullying, predators, and explicit material long before they’re equipped to handle it.

It's nothing to do with protecting kids, it's about enforcing digital ID for everyone.

But if the government claims it's to protect kids, you'll get fools that want it.

What? Is the UK the 51st state now?

As pointed out many times this is not about protecting the kids..but about bringing in digital ID by hook or by crook, they have been trying for years... hopefully they'll continue to fail with the nefarious plot to enslave everyone in a digital panopticon.

1 hour ago, Jim Waldron said:

The Trump administration has absolutely no standing to lecture anyone on child‑safety policy.

This isn’t a philosophical debate about free_expression, it’s about kids being exposed to cyber‑bullying, predators, and explicit material long before they’re equipped to handle it.

That goes well beyond any reasonable definition of “free speech”.

Instead of acknowledging that, the administration is busy shielding US tech interests and pretending the real issue is regulatory inconvenience.

That deserves full criticism!

While other countries are trying to put basic protection in place, the US response is to complain that it might be awkward for American companies.

Other nations have already acted. The UK is now at least attempting to. The US should focus on fixing its own online‑safety failures before trying to lean on other nations about theirs.

No it's about forcing through digital ID and brainwashing kids with "their" only source of truth I.e. the BBCs leftist propaganda.

You clearly know nothing about the UK. Stick to hating on Trump it's takes less brainpower.

https://reclaimthenet.org/starmer-calls-for-spyware-on-all-phones

Here is what “device-level” means once you peel off the cuddly branding. To catch one naughty photo on your phone, something has to inspect every photo on your phone. All of them.

It is software that leans over your shoulder the instant you raise your camera, squints at whatever you are making, and decides whether you may keep it or it gets reported to authorities.

Ah, but adults will be fine, we are assured. Officials promise the controls will not bother devices “owned and used by adults who verify their age.”

The opt-out for surveillance is, gloriously, more surveillance. To switch off a child-lock on a phone you bought with your own money and legally own, you must first march up to the state and prove who you are.

Self-described panopticon enthusiast, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, is having precisely none of this doom-mongering. “I make no apologies for doing the right thing to protect children from paedophiles. This is about stopping the coercion and sextortion of children, not surveilling or policing people’s phones,” she insists, with breezy confidence.

23 minutes ago, johng said:

Self-described panopticon enthusiast, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, is having precisely none of this doom-mongering. “I make no apologies for doing the right thing to protect children from paedophiles. This is about stopping the coercion and sextortion of children, not surveilling or policing people’s phones,” she insists, with breezy confidence.

Seeing as it's her people causing all the problems ......... and gang raping white teenage girls.

3 hours ago, gargamon said:

What? Is the UK the 51st state now?

No. You are thinking of Greenland. 52nd is Canada . We are tied 24th with Venezuala and Cuba.

5 hours ago, gargamon said:

What? Is the UK the 51st state now?

We wish.

Instead the UK 'elietes' want to lump us in with the Europeans

32 minutes ago, Tourist2 said:

We wish.

Instead the UK 'elietes' want to lump us in with the Europeans

You wish. Take a vote and see how different your opinion is from the general public.

24 minutes ago, gargamon said:

You wish. Take a vote and see how different your opinion is from the general public.

America is English - that's why they love us.

They speak English.
The US constitution was based on the English constituttion (until the iINglorious revolution foisted a foreign king and ''British' rules on us).
Legal system the same - based on England's.

Europe is VERY foreign - that's why most voted for Brexit.
https://professorwerner.org/eu-basics-your-guide-to-the-uk-referendum-on-eu-membership/

Obviously quite a lot of brainwashed English people like to think of themselves as European but they're just delusional / have mental health issues.

Best response - ignore Trump.

At least part of Trump's responce is that clickbait keeps the cash flowing to his billionaire pals. And kids click-through most.

Any kid over the age of ten knows how to get around blocks and bans.

It's the brainwashing that social media does that Trump wants to keep.

I strongly suggest that the entire world follow's the...

MAINLAND China Policy

For use of Social Media by Children....

As Follows:

China has the smartest children in the Whole Wide World.