I’m sure Canada will get it right./S
Do the world a favor we can’t seem to do for ourselves, and just ban social media for everyone.
This right here. Social Media isn’t suddenly safe when you turn a magic age. It is unsafe no matter what your age is. It is there to addict, manipulate, and use you.
yes, let’s start with lemmy and people who post comments like this to it
I’d gladly give up lemmy to save both of us from from yourself.
I can’t read the article because it’s behind a paywall…
…but the headline is more than sufficient, really. I cannot believe that any of these people think they are the good guys. “Let’s prevent young people from finding friends. It’s a bad thing that isolated young people can find communities of people they have anything in common with. I’m making the world a better place by passing legislation to ban them from doing those things! … Wait, are we the baddies? No, can’t be!”
Would it be possible for the government to make it’s own social media platform to take the place of the banned corporate options? A ban by itself wouldn’t be as effective. I also think social media has good things to offer children if the profit motive and market competition is removed. I feel like this would have more buy-in with more people.
