Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: social media ban

Social media ‘is vital’, say Welsh teens arguing against a ban | BBC News

2026/05/26
Australian eSafety: “It is a ‘dark pattern’ to permit people to 1/ amend mistakes 2/ be in control of information about themselves 3/ be obliged to validate abuse reports”

2026/04/01
The Timeless Fear of Corrupting the Youth | WSJ

2026/03/28
‘Restricting access to social media presents “issues of human rights, because a child has a right to receive information just like anybody else.”’

2026/03/24
A New Jerusalem

2026/03/09
“JUST A LINK CAN LEAVE A TRACE” | UK Counter-Terrorism Police are feeding teenagers with horrific, emotional anti-social-media fearmongering that may end in multiple *tragedy*

2026/03/06
Social Media Bans are like the “Peanut Allergy” Bans of the 1990s/2000s: they will unnecessarily create a generation who cannot cope with the digital environment

2026/03/02
If you read 1 thing about Social Media Bans this week, it should be Rod Wilson’s magisterial letter to the WSJ; extract, text & link below

2026/02/28
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities | Social media ban | The Guardian

2026/02/07
Australian Social Media ban is not working, so now the “war on teens” people are demanding outright phone bans…

2026/01/02
Australian Social Media Ban: we must not let ‘perfect’ be the enemy of ‘incomplete, self-defeating, trivially circumventable & pointless’ | @CameronWilson at Crikey

2025/12/13
Australia’s Social Media Ban is a Betrayal of Free Speech and a Safe Internet | NetChoice

2025/12/13