The Trump…[regime] is more interested in monitoring and intimidating public servants than in actually governing. – Michael Martinez Thou Shalt Not (#21) Crypto-moralists believe anything people enjoy must be “bad for them”: Social media use ranks with smoking as a threat to the health of young people, according to [a bizarre exaggeration of]…a submission to a government consultation on social media use for under-16s…the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges [actually] says doctors should routinely ask about screen time…when seeing younger patients. There is no [evidence]…that [social media] is harmful to children [or young adults, and in fact two massive new studies show that moderate usage is actually good for young people. What actually seems to harm them is pervasive surveillance and infantilization, such as referring to young adults as “children” and attempting to control everything they see, hear, and do. But]…Technology Secretary Liz Kendall [wants to ban] social media for under-16s…
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