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by linguae
148 days ago
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I lean libertarian and I resent the nanny state, but I’m sympathetic to the idea of restricting social media access to children for two reasons: 1. Even in the 1990s, there were problems with child predators using chat rooms and Web forums to talk to minors for inappropriate, illegal purposes. 2. Social media “algorithms” (recommender systems) that are designed around increasing user engagement are a big problem. I’m very cautious about poorly written legislation with too-broad definitions of social media that restrict useful forms of Internet access for children. However, I believe that algorithmic social media is harmful, especially to minors, and I am sympathetic to restrictions for minors provided that the laws are well-written. |
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Then you know that "but think of the children" is the most common fear-mongering approach to justify increased authoritarianism. I've seen no way to craft legislation on this issue that uses government force to achieve your desired outcome, that don't also create massive undesired effects like invasion of privacy or outlawing anonimity. Can you point to some model laws on this that you like?
There are plenty of apps that parents who care can install on their kids' devices or ISP and carrier services to limit kids' social media access.