<story><title>The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/23708180/united-kingdom-online-safety-bill-explainer-legal-pornography-age-checks</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>okeuro49</author><text>Rather than this law, I would start at banning social media accounts for under 16s.&lt;p&gt;Social media has arguably had an appalling effect on the mental being of teenage girls.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&amp;#x2F;voices&amp;#x2F;metaverse-facebook-instagram-social-media-b2008700.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&amp;#x2F;voices&amp;#x2F;metaverse-facebook-inst...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/23708180/united-kingdom-online-safety-bill-explainer-legal-pornography-age-checks</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jarym</author><text>The current UK government are on their last legs - the overwhelming majority of the public don&amp;#x27;t trust them and we&amp;#x27;re now on our second unelected Prime Minister.&lt;p&gt;IMO, they&amp;#x27;re just trying to get through the things they want into legislation before they get booted out next year.&lt;p&gt;But, they&amp;#x27;ve been so awful generally that the public are beginning to see for themselves why we can&amp;#x27;t trust government to &amp;#x27;do the right thing&amp;#x27; for the people.</text></comment>