Social media ban vs the indieweb

Like many I‘ve been watching this latest trend to ban social media sites for under 16s. The first I saw of it was the ban in Australia, but it seems the same will be happening in the UK. Keir Starmer wants to give kids their childhood back, which is a catchy slogan I suppose, but feels a little bit hollow to me. Yeah perhaps for some that live out in the countryside, you can imagine they will be able to get back to horse riding and hiking or whatever, but for most inner city kids, it‘s not like there are loads of things to do. I read an interview with a teenager that lives in London and when asked what he‘d do when the ban came into force, he paused and said 'I‘ll probably just stare at the wall'. Kind of bleak. I‘m not totally against the ban though. I can see it could have a positive impact, but you have to pair it with some other programs for the youth if you really are serious about changing things for the better. If it‘s just the big social media sites, perhaps this will be a…