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I reiterate my first question: how are you going to enforce it? Because the war on drugs has a very specific enforcement mechanism: people who take drugs are g

by XorNot 4y ago

I reiterate my first question: how are you going to enforce it? Because the war on drugs has a very specific enforcement mechanism: people who take drugs are given criminal records, locked up in prison, and have their future opportunities permanently curtailed. Is this your plan for an under-18 accessing social media? Do you think a policy of "we're going to help teens with their mental health" is going to accomplish that goal by specifically and overtly destroying it? And if that's not your plan, then what is it?

master-lincoln 4y ago
Of course it would be the parents getting criminal records and being locked up, not the kids (or whoever enabled access)
nextlevelwizard 4y ago
Require by law that everyone on social media authenticates their age (maybe also their names, this would be good way to get rid of bots as well). This can be done with government ID or with via your bank or even with requiring social security number when creating an account. Or government can just make a new digital ID system that you have to go and register at whatever place is suitable for this and you can use that ID for anything and everything you need. And if that doesn't seem to work just fine social media companies say a million dollars per minor per day that minor uses the service. You see enforcement go up fast AF. Banning all social media is even simpler.
- hooverd 4y ago
  I think anonymous users might call you a slur, but the worst harassment I've seen online has come from people who proudly show their names and faces.
  - nextlevelwizard 4y ago
    If there was central way to tie together online identities you could ignore/mute them from all platforms at once
- BeFlatXIII 4y ago
  1. How would such verification work on foreigners, who have no social security number? 2. How would "social media" be defined if you want to ban it?
  - nextlevelwizard 4y ago
    1. Who cares, you cant pass laws on foreign countries anyway 2. Anything where you can post based on this "conversation"

by XorNot 4y ago

master-lincoln 4y ago

Of course it would be the parents getting criminal records and being locked up, not the kids (or whoever enabled access)

nextlevelwizard 4y ago

Require by law that everyone on social media authenticates their age (maybe also their names, this would be good way to get rid of bots as well). This can be done with government ID or with via your bank or even with requiring social security number when creating an account. Or government can just make a new digital ID system that you have to go and register at whatever place is suitable for this and you can use that ID for anything and everything you need. And if that doesn't seem to work just fine social media companies say a million dollars per minor per day that minor uses the service. You see enforcement go up fast AF. Banning all social media is even simpler.

hooverd 4y ago
I think anonymous users might call you a slur, but the worst harassment I've seen online has come from people who proudly show their names and faces.
- nextlevelwizard 4y ago
  If there was central way to tie together online identities you could ignore/mute them from all platforms at once
BeFlatXIII 4y ago
1. How would such verification work on foreigners, who have no social security number? 2. How would "social media" be defined if you want to ban it?
- nextlevelwizard 4y ago
  1. Who cares, you cant pass laws on foreign countries anyway 2. Anything where you can post based on this "conversation"