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by pulse7 565 days ago
As a parent I literally support bans of social media for under-16s AND I also do my job as a parent: my kids get a smart phone at 16, until then they have a feature/dummy phone (which they hide from peers because they are ashamed to show it).
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sandos 565 days ago
Not having a smartphone would make my kids "social pariahs" for sure.

We gave them phones fairly early, but locked down. It was not really a huge problem when they were younger, but social media (no, we shouldnt even call it is, its is 110% ADS FOR CHILREN!) is getting to be a real problem now I feel.

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t0bia_s 565 days ago
Why dont you use any kind of adblock? Why don't you speak with them about harmful consequences of algorithms? Instead of ban that noone learn from, communicate issues.
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