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Small island nation tries bold tech education strategy
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Ask any parent: banning kids from doing anything doesn't work.
Key facts
- It reminds them of the aid package for VPN providers known as the Online Safety Act, which rapidly drove up demand 14 times
- As The Register reported last week, the UK government is planning on kicking under-16s off social media
- Or, as the late great Sir Terry Pratchett called it, "headology
- Although this quotation from Witches Abroad is about witches, he could have been talking about teenagers: "And that ain't easy, with people like them
Summary
As The Register reported last week, the UK government is planning on kicking under-16s off social media. Perhaps, though, there's more to it than at first sight. Or, as the late great Sir Terry Pratchett called it, "headology. Although this quotation from Witches Abroad is about witches, he could have been talking about teenagers: "And that ain't easy, with people like them. Given a certain type of teenager, they can think of no more powerful incentive to self-education than to tell them that a powerful adult somewhere doesn't want them to see something fun or potentially naughty.