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UK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. (www.gov.uk)
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[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We've been waiting for someone like that for a long time. I can't even remember the previous actually-competent politician.

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because candidates with any sort of real competence are weeded out early in their political careers by a press owned by the sort of people that would view actual leadership as a threat.

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 2 points 23 hours ago

True. The lower, local levels are also an efficient filtering system.