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Honestly, it sounds like a good idea. You already have to show ID to buy cigarettes or alcohol, and social media is at least as harmful to kids.
by palmotea 4y ago
Honestly, it sounds like a good idea. You already have to show ID to buy cigarettes or alcohol, and social media is at least as harmful to kids.
- gjsman-1000 4y agoFor anyone disputing this, it is documented that teen suicidality has gone up nearly 30% in the last decade. https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/101188 https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/10... General teenage happiness also took a beating post-2012. https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/the-sad-state-of-happiness-in-the-united-states-and-the-role-of-digital-media/ https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/the-sad-state-of-happi...
- deely3 4y agoCausation or correlation? If causation then in which way? Maybe lower happines lead to using of social media..
- ravenstine 4y agoIs the teen suicide rate today actually higher than it was in say the 1990s?
- circuit 4y agoYou have to present ID to buy tobacco or alcohol in the states. These places do not store any information on your ID. They glance at it to verify your birthdate, then you put the ID back in your wallet. There is not a snowball's chance in hell I am giving my government ID to a social media company that will undoubtedly store that info in their database.
- rascul 4y agoI've noticed some stores are scanning ID cards now. I have no idea what happens with the data they get from the scan.
- AHOHA 4y agoIt isn’t about showing an ID but rather storing it, do they take a photocopy of my ID if I buy cigarettes? Nope. Additionally, that ID system won’t stop on social media which I’m personally ok with to kill it, but basically all internet usage will be linked to that ID.