{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Susie wrote","author_name":"Susie (npub1hw…503sg)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1hwgw0uznr49t4gullpgfz4m5xnakl5a0l88m3k382xv7ys0tfmlsd503sg","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"The UK government claims its social media ban for under 16s is about protecting children.\n\nBroadcaster Bev Turner described the policy as “the creaking of a digital cage door dressed up as a welcoming velvet rope.”\n\nMinisters are using child safety to roll out age verification that could force facial scanning and digital identity checks on everyone ... not just kids.\n\nThis is how surveillance and control get sold as child protection while building systems that give the state and corporations unprecedented power over people’s lives.\n\nMy latest piece in Forbes.\n\nnostr:nprofile1qqsr7acdvhf6we9fch94qwhpy0nza36e3tgrtkpku25ppuu80f69kfqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7qglwaehxw309ahx7um5wgkhyetvv9ujuer9wfjkkun0wdejumt99uthknh6 nostr:npub1kdstrkmhv0yx8pdqcf9ed8l26752gqprx68twg7qp5nsd7qtegnsr3nsze \n\nhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/06/17/uks-under-16-social-media-ban-risks-digital-id-expansion/"}