[guilhas]

A society whose individuals needs government laws to make good "choices" is probably doomed

The only possible law is making bigco social media less addictive, and better controls for parents

But maybe this is UK just exercising some soft power, since they have no tech to speak of

[inigyou]

Then we've been doomed since we banned children from buying cigarettes, or even further back, since we banned children from having sex with adults. Do you really think banning those things made society worse?

[guilhas]

Not sure limiting people access to information sharing, content discovery, and virtual communities, is comparable to smoking

[inigyou]

Not sure how limiting people's access to good feeling, novel flavor, and freedom torches is comparable to social media