<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Susie wrote</title><author_name>Susie (npub1hw…503sg)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1hwgw0uznr49t4gullpgfz4m5xnakl5a0l88m3k382xv7ys0tfmlsd503sg</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>The UK government claims its social media ban for under 16s is about protecting children.&#xA;&#xA;Broadcaster Bev Turner described the policy as “the creaking of a digital cage door dressed up as a welcoming velvet rope.”&#xA;&#xA;Ministers are using child safety to roll out age verification that could force facial scanning and digital identity checks on everyone ... not just kids.&#xA;&#xA;This 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.&#xA;&#xA;My latest piece in Forbes.&#xA;&#xA;nostr:nprofile1qqsr7acdvhf6we9fch94qwhpy0nza36e3tgrtkpku25ppuu80f69kfqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7qglwaehxw309ahx7um5wgkhyetvv9ujuer9wfjkkun0wdejumt99uthknh6 nostr:npub1kdstrkmhv0yx8pdqcf9ed8l26752gqprx68twg7qp5nsd7qtegnsr3nsze &#xA;&#xA;https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/06/17/uks-under-16-social-media-ban-risks-digital-id-expansion/</html></oembed>