I don't follow your argument in the last paragraph. What has the fact that children get addicted to social networks to do with the encrypted, peer-to-peer commu

I don't follow your argument in the last paragraph. What has the fact that children get addicted to social networks to do with the encrypted, peer-to-peer communication? It seems to me like they are two different things. While I agree it might be healthy for children to avoid social networks (its addictive features, like algorithmic feeds), I don't think it's healthy for them to avoid any Internet communication. That's how humans are gonna do things in the future, you plug-in yourself to the collective consciousness, unmediated instant communication with many, many people (of your own choice). It's a positive thing, and children need to learn how to operate in that environment. Forbidding them from communicating (for fear of predators) is backwards. It's like forbidding computers to kids because there are violent video games.