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		<title>&#8220;It&#8217;s all so tiresome&#8221;: UK&#8217;s Social Media Ban Trudges Ever Onward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 19:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The UK government&#8217;s &#8220;consultation&#8221; on social media harm is over, and &#8211; brace yourselves &#8211; it turns out they&#8217;re going to have to do something about it. I know, I was shocked too. The main talking point is that &#8220;social media is like cigarettes&#8221;. Everyone is saying that, it&#8217;s the meme of the day. It&#8217;s &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Quick Take&#8230;the &#8220;Social Media Addiction&#8221; Verdict</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The verdict has come back in California&#8217;s landmark &#8220;Social Media Trial&#8221;, and it should come as no surprise at all to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention&#8230; GUILTY!&#8221; In a landmark ruling against the notions of either personal or parental responsibility, the jury found Google/YouTube and Meta/Instagram liable for a teenagers alleged &#8220;social media &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Starmer to add VPNs to UK&#8217;s &#8220;social media ban&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a statement yesterday, the office of the British Prime Minister announced plans to broaden the scope of the &#8220;social media ban&#8221; for minors that would see virtual private networks (VPNs) included in the future. Speaking to &#8220;parents and carers&#8221; today, Sir Keir Starmer is expected to &#8220;make clear this government will act at pace &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Great Grok Bikini Scandal is just Digital ID via the Backdoor.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kit Knightly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two days ago, the British government announced a U-turn on their proposed digital identity, and that the much-anticipated &#8220;BritCard&#8221; would no longer be mandatory to work in the UK. This was welcomed as a victory by both fake anti-establishment types whose job is to Pied Piper genuine opposition, and some real resistance who should know &#8230;]]></description>
		
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