An amendment to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill would give UK Ministers the power to enact a social media ban on under-16s.
This would bypass Parliament and any democratic oversight on a measure that could only work by having everyone prove their age.
Our rights cannot be an afterthought.
#ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia
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