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Why just limit it social media? Why not also include video games, streaming services, movies, etc.?
by Calvin02 4y ago
Why just limit it social media? Why not also include video games, streaming services, movies, etc.?
- chaostheory 4y agoWhy not give people both the freedom and personal responsibility instead of making assigning parental duties to the government like China has recently?
- ummonk 4y agoAgreed. It should be applied to all services which are optimized for addiction. Social media is just the worst of the bunch due to its built in peer pressure.
- falcolas 4y agoMy favorite is gacha games of any flavor. Please keep that crap out of the hands of children.
- seti0Cha 4y agoYou could argue that reading is addictive, maybe some people find math so as well. I became addicted to computers when I was a kid and we didn't even have the internet. Sports can be addictive, along with dancing, or just plain socializing. Silly, yes, but you can bet that there'd be lawsuits claiming all sorts of things are addictive and some number will find sympathetic juries. Seems like a pretty bad idea to me.
- khazhoux 4y agoAnd mid-1980s heavy metal music too.
- sundvor 4y agoAnd those pesky books, the insolence! - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) - The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
- spc476 4y agoThere are age restrictions on casinos. And we have a rating system for movies and games to inform adults about the content.
- tsol 4y agoYou can. You just have to make a strong enough argument to prove video games cause violence for a judge to let the case proceed. There's a reason it doesn't matter and it's not because video games are beyond banning.
- Calvin02 4y agoNot for causing violence but for addiction. That’s a pretty easy argument and easy to prove causality (more game time = worse school/social life). Why limit this logic to just social media sites and not other things that kids can be addicted to?