Growing list of countries move to ban social media for children

(france24.com)

19 points | by geox 7 hours ago ago

8 comments

  • euroderf 6 hours ago

    I would think that a _total_ ban on devices _during school hours_ would hit the 80/20 mark of preventing psychological harm to kids, without the invasiveness of digital ID. Idiot parents that say "omg what if i have to contact my kid during classes" can blow it out their collective *sses - it is they being invasive and harmful.

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  • nephihaha 6 hours ago

    What a coincidence that they chose to do it around the same time they're all pushing digital ID (independently of each other, of course.)

  • like_any_other 5 hours ago

    "Growing list of countries move to require ID for the modern public square, media launders this as a restriction on children and social media companies (despite those same companies lobbying for it [1])."

    [1] https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-beh...

    • inigyou 5 hours ago

      Do you include California in that?

  • abc42 7 hours ago

    Interesting to see in 10-20 years if this will have a significant impact for the mental well-being and intelligence of young adults. I'm assuming it will be pretty obvious.

    • nephihaha 6 hours ago

      It's being done to push digital ID, not to get children off their screens, since there are plenty of other things they can stare at on screen.

      • inigyou 5 hours ago

        ¿Por qué no los dos?