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UK under-16 social media ban may expand to 150 platforms, including YouTube Kids, Lego Play and Spotify. See who it hits and when it starts.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 6 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

They'll just remove social media features for those users

No company is going to pass up the opportunity to advertise to kids

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 17 minutes ago

Youtube kids already has that stuff removed. Including ads. You can't even subscribe to a channel.

[–] northertech@fedia.io 4 points 4 minutes ago

I really hope people understand that it was never about protecting children. They want to track the rest of us.