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by Esophagus4 150 days ago
I don’t think (could be wrong) the argument is don’t ban social media for children because we don’t ban it for adults… I think the argument is it is easier politically to regulate behavior of a population that doesn’t vote and is not us.

English societies have a long history of regulating the behavior of others - see English Poor Laws.

It’s an interesting perspective at least, I hadn’t thought of the social media ban in that way.

I happen to think we should still ban bad things (smoking, drinking, gambling, and probably social media) for kids. But I appreciate the argument.