And let's not forget scam ads

Meta make £3bn a year hosting adverts like AI deepfakes on Martin Lewis, Elon Musk etc that they KNOW are scams.

And they don't give a s**t, even though the people who use their platforms have their lives ruined. Zuck et al should be in prison.

Posted By: jamesward on June 15th 2026 at 14:17:13

Message Thread

Chatting to kids on BBC Breakfast about the U16 socials ban (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 15, 08:38:43
- What happened to allowing parents to parent? (General Chat) - RightOnCue, Jun 15, 14:53:24
- The youth were lost once they stopped the likes of Going Live (General Chat) - inutero, Jun 15, 11:30:38
  - Woody woodpecker in the school hall Saturday mornings (General Chat) - KevinBond, Jun 15, 11:42:55
    - Should have banned kids from doing the woody woodpecker laugh (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Jun 15, 11:44:19
- Kids are generally tech savvy (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Jun 15, 09:25:24
  - Everyone will just get a VPN (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Jun 15, 13:53:39
  - but if it reduces the peer pressure to be on there in the first place... (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 15, 10:56:44
  - Don't be so sure... facial recognition combined with a photo ID is (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jun 15, 10:44:13
    - I mean lets be clear (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Jun 15, 14:07:47
      - And let's not forget scam ads (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 15, 14:17:13
  - Some are, some are useless (General Chat) - APB, Jun 15, 10:30:37
- They should ban adults instead (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 15, 09:04:38
- Phones are really bad for adults..... (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Jun 15, 08:43:30
- terrible parenting (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jun 15, 08:40:47
- educate not legislate ..... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 15, 08:40:19
  - Dunno about that, mine can't even find their left shoe on school mornings (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 15, 10:53:58
  - Embarrassing how little our leaders understand technology. King Canute comes to mind. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jun 15, 09:09:34
  - Some will, some won’t (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 15, 08:42:50
    - I wouldn't know (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 15, 09:25:37
      - ^^^^^^ doing his best to reverse the trend. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jun 15, 10:45:30

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