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Macron says France will ban social media access for under-15s
- 31337Logic 1y agoThis is fantastic and about time.
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- grandpoobah 1y agoAnother western country putting age controls on social media. Gee I wonder where this is ultimately headed.
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- 31337Logic 1y agoYou have just committed the "slippery slope" fallacy.
- internet_points 1y agoFirst they ban cigarettes for kids, then alcohol, now social media, what will be next? They are eroding our freedoms! </s>
- DrillShopper 1y agoKids these days can't even shoot heroin before going to work in the factories and mines. Liberty is threatened! What's next? Standards for safe food, drugs, and cosmetics?/s
- Ekaros 1y agoYou forgot porn... I wish that we will get to religion and politics one day.
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- owebmaster 1y agoColor revolution is coming to France
- tveita 1y agoHave any social media ban proposals tried to define rigorous criteria for which sites should be covered? I found this for the the Australian ban: "The legislation does not specify which platforms will be banned. Those decisions will be made later by Australia’s communications minister, who will seek advice from the eSafety Commissioner - an internet regulator that will enforce the rules." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89vjj0lxx9o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89vjj0lxx9o
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- theshrike79 1y agoPersonally I'd limit access to all platforms that have algorithmic feeds that provide content. If you need to specifically subscribe to a source (and parents can check your subscriptions via parental controls), it's fine. And absolutely no posting any content for public consumption, for contacts only. Example: - Algorithm provides endless content with zero educational value (Youtube Shorts) - not ok - Child needs to specifically subscribe to to a content creator (A Minecraft Youtuber, who isn't a shouty toxic merch pusher) - ok - Child posts pictures of her things to contacts (friends, relatives) - ok - Child posts content that can be viewed by anyone in the world - not ok
- M95D 1y ago> educational value > shouty toxic merch pusher > pictures of her things > to contacts (friends, relatives) Too vague. Much, much to vague. There's no way to define these items and they won't prevent bullying which is basically text. I would ban any child-to-child communication, including any text and any child-to-adult communication unless the adult is pre-approved by parents.
- reptilian 1y agoUnder 15? So... How old he was when he started having an affair with his husband?
- returnInfinity 1y agoDoes that include youtube as well?
- singularity2001 1y agoBanning it will make it highly "cool" and desirable.
- internet_points 1y agoTrue. Cigarettes do indeed look cool. And yet, then ban works as intended.
- ChrisArchitect 1y agoSome related discussion here about Australia's similar measures which are due to come into effect later this year: Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42071310 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42071310