Blaze (he/him) to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 4 months agoCampaign to bar under-14s from having smartphones signed by 100,000 parentswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down10cross-posted to: privacy@programming.devglobalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkCampaign to bar under-14s from having smartphones signed by 100,000 parentswww.theguardian.comBlaze (he/him) to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@programming.devglobalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-square@VeryVito@lemmy.mllinkfedilink30•4 months agoThere are far more than 100,000 parents who didn’t sign it.
minus-square@Kelly@programming.devlinkfedilink9•4 months ago In 2023, there were 19.5 million families in the UK, an increase of just over 1.1 million families (6%) since 2013. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/bulletins/familiesandhouseholds/2023 Even if we assume that each signatory represents a unique family (i.e. no couples contributed two signatures) then 100k represents only half of a percent.
There are far more than 100,000 parents who didn’t sign it.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/bulletins/familiesandhouseholds/2023
Even if we assume that each signatory represents a unique family (i.e. no couples contributed two signatures) then 100k represents only half of a percent.
Millions never even heard there was something to sign.
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