Recently in the United Kingdom, the Online Safety Act’s passage has implemented a prohibition on the use of social media for minors under the age of 16. But, is this bill really about digital safety, or rather, control? To enforce this, social media platforms will be forced to collect identities of those registering for accounts, which even includes facial scans of users. Giving social media and big tech companies access to our personal information, no matter how well-intentioned, only makes 24/7 surveillance of people on the internet easier for the government to implement, severely eroding our privacy. Furthermore, parental control options already exist on most devices produced by big tech companies, such as Apple and Microsoft, and social media websites. This means that parents can use knowledge of the circumstances of themselves and their children to determine what content is permissible or not for their child to see, instead of relying on the state to enforce this one-size-fits-all policy. The price of freedom may be taking responsibility for raising our children, but it is less costly than surrendering our privacy.