Blaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 15 hours agoCampaign to bar under-14s from having smartphones signed by 100,000 parentswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]privacy
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkCampaign to bar under-14s from having smartphones signed by 100,000 parentswww.theguardian.comBlaze@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]privacy
minus-squareVeryVito@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24·14 hours agoThere are far more than 100,000 parents who didn’t sign it.
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 hours agoMillions never even heard there was something to sign.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoAs far as I know, there are zero parents who signed a counter petition.
minus-squareKellylinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 hours 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.
Millions never even heard there was something to sign.
As far as I know, there are zero parents who signed a counter petition.
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.