The world's most cowardly sheep are ALL european. Hilariously, Bloomberg highlighted Elon Musk slamming Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, when he wrote "Dirty Sánchez is a tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain." As the FT's Stephen Bush opines regarding the UK's push: Children are a lot like terrorists, and I don’t mean that as a commentary on their behaviour. I mean that being defined as one in a liberal democracy means that you lose at least some of the rights and freedoms that other citizens take for granted. Your freedom to marry who you want, to work or not work, to vote, to seek or not consent to medical procedures; these and many other rights granted to adults are curtailed for anyone the state defines as a child. Another way in which they are like terrorists is that invoking children is a good way to get people to stop asking difficult questions and arguing against policy proposals. One big reason why banning under-16s from social media is taking off as a policy idea is that it is more palatable than banning all of us. But it is far from clear that any of us are well served by algorithms that dish up addictive material, violent pornography or endless footage of atrocities. Nor is it clear that “protecting” the under-16s will not make 16, 17 and 18-year-olds more vulnerable. The large number of first-time internet users who are taken in by fraud or are susceptible to harmful behaviour online, suggests that all it may do is move the problem along. Meanwhile... 4,44671 Want to know more? Trump Unveils Japan's First Wave Of Mega US Investments: Oil, Gas, Minerals From Ohio To The Gulf Trump Unveils Japan's First Wave Of Mega US Investments: Oil, Gas, Minerals From Ohio To The Gulf Who Exactly Is Going To Be Earning More With AI? Who Exactly Is Going To Be Earning More With AI? US Industrial Production Surged In January US Industrial Production Surged In January NEVER MISS THE NEWS THAT MATTERS MOST ZEROHEDGE DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX Receive a daily recap featuring a curated list of must-read stories. Email We're sorry, we were unable to load comments at this time. Please try again later.