Jacob Öberg

She's right

Article via @ferdinandknapp.bsky.social @politico.eu

On the other hand, I think this is a significant encroachment on young people's liberty and thus against my general liberal ethos that we should not intervene against other people unless there are very compelling reasons for intervention. So, I am not sure there are any good answers here. /7

Comment; I think this is very complex issue; one the one hand I share the intrinsic policy/moral reasoning behind it (I have three kids myself & I am closely monitoring their screen use; also just watched Adolescence so that did not help) and that social media makes significant damage. /6

Frederiksen's announcement did not come as a total surprise. The Social Democrat has previously expressed support for a social media ban for under-15s. The Danish government is also pushing the EU to require tech firms to verify users' age online. /5

for the upcoming parliamentary year. A 2024 Danish citizen's initiative, which gathered 50,000 signatures, called for a ban on TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram.

However, Frederiksen said parents should be able to give permission for accounts to their children from the age of 13. /4

"I hope that you here in the chamber will help tighten the law so that we take better care of our children here in Denmark," she added.

However, Frederiksen did not give further details on what such a ban would entail, nor does a bill on an age limit appear in the government's legislative program

“Mobile phones and social media are stealing our children’s childhood,” she said in her opening speech to the Folketing.

“We have unleashed a monster,” Frederiksen said, noting that almost all Danish seventh graders, where pupils are typically 13 or 14 years old, own a cellphone. /2

Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says “We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

🚨🚨 #Denmark aims to ban #socialmedia for children under 15. PM Mette Frederiksen says "We have unleashed a monster" to Danish lawmakers. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-mette-frederiksen-partially-ban-social-media-children-under-15/

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Weird that the defence of the ECHR is not that it defines and protects human rights for everyone in Europe, but that it’s not European but British: ‘born of British leadership…drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill.’ Is nationalism the test for everything now?

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primarily by adopting a comprehensive sanctioning regime against Russia and also EU Directive 2024/1226 which criminalises the violation of EU restrictive measures. While my entry intends to generally discuss the criminalisation of restrictive measures, the new EU directive is the

sanctions violations is to deter individuals and companies contemplating breaching the existing international sanctioning regimes. Since the #Russian invasion of #Ukraine, the EU has become an important international actor in the area of sanctions violations,

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The ECHR was designed to serve as a protection of the rights of the individual against the power of the state. Many of its articles were direct answers to the abuses of the Nazi era.

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing.

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The ECHR is nothing more than a scapegoat just like the EU was/is. It's an organisation or thing for conservatives etc...to blame for their own shortcomings and their laziness when it comes to dealing with problems. There will always be something else for them to blame like UN conventions

The idea of leaving the ECHR isn’t patriotic anymore than Brexit or flag-shagging is patriotic.

It’s the bolt-hole of a quisling, noxious to both the economy and to social cohesion.

It’s more snake-oil, more kittens and rainbows, more blank canvas on which to stitch dreams best left unspoken.