Is Labour’s social media ban doomed to fail before it even starts?

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Have you read any analysis from experts
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or spoken to any experts yet who say
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this will work?
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>> Not really. There haven't been much
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support for the ban. I think a lot of
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people are seeing a positive element
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that
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the responsibility has been put in the
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hands of the platforms and not the
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children. You know, VPN searches has
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already jumped 165%.
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>> [laughter]
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>> This is when they did the same policy in
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Australia. All the kids just got VPNs.
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>> Well, exactly. Yeah. You know, the age
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verification thing, putting your your
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documents, your ID, your face, all of
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that, the privacy issues that that comes
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with is going to be major for for kids
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trying to to access these platforms.

Is Labour’s social media ban doomed to fail before it even starts?

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