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> I'd like to see more science proving that social media is bad for kids before I see lawmakers enacting laws around the theory

Is there science proving that porn is harmful for children? If not, do you see that as an argument for legalizing it?[0]

The first restrictions on tobacco purchases for children were in the 1880s, long before the science was settled on the harms tobacco use causes.

Science is slow, contentious, and produces limited results[1]. If we can only ban things that are scientifically proven to be harmful, what is stopping TikTok from slightly modifying their app and rereleasing it?

I can easily buy products that are BPA free but that just means clever chemists have come up with even worse platicizers like BPS to use as substitutes.

And software can be adapted way faster than chemistry.

[0] I don't. [1] It's definitely still worth studying.