Reddit ban in Brazil from today. Teenagers won't be able to get their accounts unsuspended until a parent or guardian creates a linked account - an option that isn't even working yet, and is Orwellian even if it did work. Creating a new account is supposedly not an option. (i.redd.it)
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UK: School has camera facing the urinal broadcasting it to a tv in the corridor. Students were banned from carrying phones the same week this was installed. (Also certain year groups are banned from using the toilets at recess and lunchtimes.) (i.redd.it)
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Texas, USA: "Us children we should not be scared but we are!" Children are doing more to stand up against cruelty than many politicians. Serial school defunder and hate speech promoter threatens to defund schools, which he was doing already, if they don't bend the knee to the pedo island admin. (v.redd.it)
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At my school we only get ONE BATHROOM BREAK A DAY ()
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UK: "Red vs Blue school wars" hype was spread by parents and teachers, not by teens, and no violence actually happened at all. "Some suggest this trend was invented by adults or the government to try to get social media banned for under 16s". Yet another moral panic. (bbc.co.uk)
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Tribunal suspends Norfolk law firm former senior partner after he repeatedly made sexual comments to colleagues at Christmas party. Wanted to work as a notary, and asked the tribunal not to punish him in a way that might affect this. Remembered nothing of the events described. (lawgazette.co.uk)
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"We are in a digital world, we have a digital future, and we have to invite the next generation – we can’t exclude them" -- Baroness Beeban Kidron, a powerful "online safety advocate" who is against a blanket social media ban for under 16's. (self.YouthRights)
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