Abeg, gather here make I gist you wetin dey happen for UK. Prime Minister Keir Starmer don open mouth talk say dem go tighten online safety laws to protect our pikin dem from social media wahala. He no wan make any platform dey slack on top this matter; no free pass for una oh!
Na late Sunday night, Starmer post for X (formerly Twitter) say, ‘No social media platform should get a free pass when it comes to protecting our kids. That’s why I’m taking action.’ E don share some serious gist for Substack too, about how parents dey para for the way social media dey affect their children.
As he dey talk, Starmer sabi wetin he dey yarn. As a father of two teenage children, he understand the worries of parents well well. He dey reason say we need to take serious measures because grooms, bullying, and all those bad bad things don dey occur for social media for years now. Wetin tech companies don do about am? Na serious matter!
Starmer don even talk say dem go ban some features wey fit hook children like endless scrolling and autoplay. E plan to set minimum age limit for social media too. Na major move wey go fit change the way our pikin dey use social media, wey go make dem safe.
E don start consultation wey go look into what parents and children wan see. If you ask me, na good move be this! The government no wan end at that; dem dey keen to close loopholes wey allow chatbots run amok with illegal content.
The Australian model dey chop ground, na dem don start to lock out pikin under 16, wey make plenty parents rejoice, but youths dey vex. Starmer dey push to make sure the UK follow suit, because technology dey move fast, and law suppose follow am gree gree!
People from all sides don react to the gist. Some dey hail am for making them feel protected; others dey fear say e fit lead to kids feeling isolated if dem ban them from social media completely. But una go believe say with all these laws wey dey come, e go steady on top social media companies to do the right thing.
Starmer conclude say, ‘We go fight any big company wey no wan comply. We fit make difference, politician fit be force for good!’ Na wetin we go dey watch as this matter dey unfold. Abeg, make we dey alert for updates!
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