[palata]

What this misses is that many parents do allow their children to access social media because kids need to conform. If all the other kids have social media access, your kid is excluded by not having access.

Is it better to have TikTok AND friends, or no TikTok and no friends? Sure, the best is no TikTok and still have friends, but you can't always have it all.

[falkensmaize]

That’s fine because an enforced TLD system would default to them being allowed to access social networks and parents having an easy way to block them. It makes it easier for parents to do their jobs and doesn’t affect everyone else. Want your kids to have access to social media? Just…do nothing.

[pmg101]

It seems to me that the supply of friends is more or less unlimited, such that it's pretty reasonable to apply filters when choosing who to befriend.

"Also not using tiktok" could be one such filter.

[hawaiianbrah]

That may be true in theory, but not so much in practice where they only have so many people in their classes and extracurriculars.

[j1elo]

At last the best option is to have the cake but not eat it too!