Australian Influencer Family Move to UK to Avoid Social Media Ban
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An Australian influencer family relocates to the UK to avoid a proposed social media ban for children under 16, sparking discussion on the implications of such regulations.
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The UK has its problems. Vague laws, over-excited police, Home Secretaries from every party who can never get enough polish on jack boots.
When I lived there I complained to my MP about David Blunkett. Jack Straw was no better. I left around the time Teresa May (leopard skin boots. A change for the better) was telling migrants they weren’t welcome from the back of trucks.
But stasi is ain’t. It’s a nonsense statement.
Yes stasi is an intentional exaggeration of the fact that police are turning up at people's homes about their social media posts and many have been jailed for social media posts but not all who have made comparable posts, so it seems inconsistent (targeted)