Social media ban fails to tackle root causes of dangerous online misogyny

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Social media ban fails to tackle root causes of dangerous online misogyny

Today the UK government has confirmed it will implement a long-anticipated ban on social media use for under-16s in the UK. As Maddison Wheeldon wrote for the Canary, this move does little for young people while letting big tech companies off the hook. And girls’ rights charity Plan International UK has added that the ban won’t keep girls safe. Because it fails to tackle the underlying causes of misogyny online. Morgan Griffith-David is senior influencing lead for UK Girls’ Rights at Plan International UK. Reacting to the confirmation of the ban on under-16s using social media in the UK, he said:…

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Activists call out Labour’s ‘dangerous militarisation of higher education’

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Activists call out Labour’s ‘dangerous militarisation of higher education’

Labour’s Defence Universities Alliance (DUA) would be a “a dangerous militarisation of higher education“, according to the campaign group Demilitarise Education (dED), which is calling on universities, students, staff, trade unions, and local communities to oppose the initiative.  Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 The DUA was initially announced in September 2025 in the Defence Industrial Strategy, which said:  We will establish a Defence Universities Alliance (DUA) to form a more strategic relationship between defence and the higher education sector.  The DUA will build on existing connections between the sectors to support careers in the defence sector and encourage ethical defence and security…

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