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Originally Posted by Hugh
If a law can’t be adequately enforced, it’s not fit for purpose, and therefore only electioneering.
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I'm not sure that the Tories would do this for electioneering purposes. A lot of Tories don't like state involvement of citizens lives.
Lots of laws aren't fit for purpose and/or cannot easily be enforced, bur it doesn't stop Parliament from passing them.
MP's could choose to amend the Online Safety Act to ban U16's from having an adult smartphone and some parents could decide to break the law and still allow them to have one.
In practice it's unlikely that they would be caught, particularly if phones are banned in schools. Sure, some will be caught if they decide to utilise spot checks, but I imagine that most will be caught when something goes wrong eg murder, child sex abuse and it's found that the child had access to social media.