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by jjackson5324 877 days ago
> Entire generations have grown up with the unfiltered internet at this point

To be fair, if you look at statistics around gen z you can see that there definitely are negative consequences of internet access (along with amazing benefits of course).

I don't support this measure or measures like it, but some of action should probably be taking considering the skyrocketing amounts of depression.
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shkkmo 877 days ago
> To be fair, if you look at statistics around gen z you can see that there definitely are negative consequences of internet access

I haven't seen any such data. It's hard to separate generation effects and look purely at the effects of internet access in any sort of valid way.

You're probably thinking of studies around social media use. It isn't clear to me that internet filtering will combat any of what makes social media use such a mental health risk for teens.

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jjackson5324 877 days ago
> You're probably thinking of studies around social media use

Yes? Social media use is done through the internet? The vast majority of internet use for young teens is social media use.

I'm not sure what you mean by drawing the distinction between internet use and social media use.

> It isn't clear to me that internet filtering will combat any of what makes social media use such a mental health risk for teens.

I'm not suggesting that the government should be taking action through legal means.

I'm just saying some type of action should be taken.

I'm a really big fan of what Apple did with Screen Time & wish the implementation was better (it's super buggy on my device at least).

Apps that give people better power to control their own internet use is the way IMO.

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shkkmo 875 days ago
> I'm not sure what you mean by drawing the distinction between internet use and social media use.

They're two different terms that mean different things. Just because something is true for squares doesn't mean that it's true for rectangles even though squares are rectangles. Using the correct words matter because otherwise you are spreading misinformation and confusion.

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