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2OEH8eoCRo0 1 hours ago [-]
The law would require parental consent. Parents should parent better right?
idiotsecant 42 minutes ago [-]
If this was actually about children the law would just enforce 18+ tagging on websites and parents could decide whether or not to use a browser that enforced those restrictions.
This isn't about children, and never was. Its about the government restricting anonymity and free expression in the only place it still exists.
not_a_bot_4sho 16 minutes ago [-]
> This isn't about children, and never was.
This is 100% about children.
At the moment, there is world wide pushback on children using social media. Ex countries pursuing this right now: Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, France, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea, and Thailand. I'm sure I missed a few too.
And in the US, no federal efforts (yay dysfunctional legislature!) but at the state level; Florida, California, Tennessee, Utah, New York, Nebraska, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, Mississippi, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Vermont, and Ohio are all pursuing different forms of age restriction.
The science is pretty clear at this point: social media is terrible for mental health, attention, and addictive behaviors.
Now how to effectively restrict it without trampling on privacy rights? That's a very difficult question requiring some compromise. (I don't have the answers...)
forshaper 17 minutes ago [-]
tbf, I think many people also want this. Is there anything more offensive than some internet niche subculture living differently, to those who came online during covid?
This isn't about children, and never was. Its about the government restricting anonymity and free expression in the only place it still exists.
This is 100% about children.
At the moment, there is world wide pushback on children using social media. Ex countries pursuing this right now: Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, France, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea, and Thailand. I'm sure I missed a few too.
And in the US, no federal efforts (yay dysfunctional legislature!) but at the state level; Florida, California, Tennessee, Utah, New York, Nebraska, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, Mississippi, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Vermont, and Ohio are all pursuing different forms of age restriction.
The science is pretty clear at this point: social media is terrible for mental health, attention, and addictive behaviors.
Now how to effectively restrict it without trampling on privacy rights? That's a very difficult question requiring some compromise. (I don't have the answers...)