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> “A surgeon general’s warning on social media platforms, though not sufficient to address the full scope of the problem, would be one consequential step toward
by karaterobot 2y ago
> “A surgeon general’s warning on social media platforms, though not sufficient to address the full scope of the problem, would be one consequential step toward mitigating the risk of harm to youth,” the attorneys general said.
I agree that it's not sufficient, disagree that it's consequential. Consequential means it has consequences, I don't see what those are.
Situations like this remind me of that old sketch by The State, where there's a penitentiary with a big, wide-open gate, and all the prisoners are politely asked to please not escape, as a favor to the warden. Our Surgeon General is asking people to voluntarily not abuse social media, when that's the exact thing people are doing already, want to keep doing, and in fact in many cases define their lives around doing. Also, there's absolutely no proposed way to stop them from doing it, or even incentivize them not to do it. Not sufficient indeed.