It's a sledgehammer approach but at least it's something! Not the perfect fix by any stretch, as it shifts the accountability and onus wholly onto kids and their parents, when really the responsibility has to sit with the tech firms. But as a first measure, I actually agree with Starmer - some will find a way around it but it will have a measurable positive impact. If it would have happened when I was a kid I would have been fuming, but the internet was a more innocent place back then (save for the odd wafflestomp, 2 girls 1 cup, or meatspin video - disclaimer, don't look these up if you're under 18). I'd like to think if I was a teenager in today's age I'd be supportive of it, as it's the wild west out there. For now at least. I'm hoping that will change. Maybe tech needs a 'turn it off and back on again' fix. Maybe that's already on the cards I don't know, we're living in weird times. I'm not going to preach and say children these days have grown up glued to their screens, because I grew up glued to my screen as a kid! It's what they're exposed to nowadays that frightens me.
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