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So, why are alcohol (and nicotine) still legal then? Maybe there is a 100 year old lesson hidden somewhere...

• johnchristopher 3y ago
  And maybe that lesson is hiding in ellipsis or maybe it's not. Who knows...
  • lynx23 3y ago
    I wasn't expecting a reference to Prohibition to be that cryptic to some. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition#Effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition#Effects
• TacticalCoder 3y ago
  > So, why are alcohol (and nicotine) still legal then? I don't disagree with your answer but... Kids cannot buy alcohol and kids cannot buy cigarettes. It's kinda the whole point of TFA. The conclusion of TFA aren't to outlaw social media: it's preventing kids from accessing these mediocre piece of shit websites/apps before 16.
• NoPicklez 3y ago
  This is actually the classic example of where personal accountability fails, which is what cigarette companies would lobby for. Which is the root of this post As a result governments have stepped in and now there are age restrictions on both smoking and alcohol, blood alcohol limits for driving, lockout laws, no advertisement of cigarettes in supermarkets, additional taxes on cigarettes, plain packaging on cigarettes. Making something immediately completely illegal isn’t necessarily the correct course of action. But governments have stepped in to try and help people exercise personal accountability. Disclaimer: the examples are from within Australia
• ajkjk 3y ago
  Um. They are heavily regulated? Isn't that what is being argued for for social media?