France's lawmakers vote to ban social media for under-15s (www.dw.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 12:56
https://lemmy.world/post/42244108

As social media usage has grown, it has heightened concerns about excessive screen time and its negative impact on child development and mental health.

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bearboiblake@pawb.social on 27 Jan 13:19 next collapse

Yet more censorship and authoritarian control of the internet. There is no evidence showing a causative link between mental health issues and social media use among children. You have been lied to.

rotkehle@feddit.org on 27 Jan 16:18 collapse

I think there’s a couple of studies that might disagree with your statement.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 13:21 next collapse

I know this is impossible to enforce, mostly because the parents are addicted too, and see nothing wrong with handing a one-year-old a tablet, so they can spend more time on their phones.

I think what’s really needed is a huge social pushback, shaming parents who let TikTok raise their kids, and shaming everyone for spending too much time staring at their phones.

If you can’t stop doing it, at least stop defending it.

bearboiblake@pawb.social on 27 Jan 14:24 collapse

Corporations control and manipulate us through algorithms. No reform can fix that. Abolishing capitalism is the only way we can improve our situation.

gustofwind@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 13:25 next collapse

So how do you enforce this except by introducing government ID verification into all digital social services so children can be properly excluded?

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jan 19:10 next collapse

you can outsource the verification to sketchy third parties, like we did in Australia

Kjell@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 19:22 collapse

That’s part 2, and later comes part 3 which will ban VPNs.

richardwallass@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jan 16:12 next collapse

They have press, tv, radio, and now they just want to control internet. Just that.

Zorque@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 16:32 collapse

We mustn’t regulate the service, we must regulate the people!