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The one good thing (in principle) about a service like this is that social media is much more centralized, so this kind of system could put seemingly-effective
by avidiax 1y ago
The one good thing (in principle) about a service like this is that social media is much more centralized, so this kind of system could put seemingly-effective age restrictions on social media. For example, no under-14's, or under-14 requires a supervising guardian and has other guardrails.
But this still wouldn't stop determined kids from VPNing to another country to make their account, and wouldn't stop peer pressure on kids from bleeding to parents to help them.
- scarface_74 1y agoOr you know the government could stay out of it and parents that wanted kids to stay off of social media could use the existing parental controls.
- johnisgood 1y agoBe careful about telling parents to parent. For some reason people do not like being told that it is the parents' job, and not the Government's.
- juanani 1y ago[dead]
- bigbacaloa 1y ago[dead]
- _w1tm 1y agoHow does that work? I don’t have a kid but can imagine a ban on internet until they are 18 might not work.
- scarface_74 1y agoI’m not suggesting a government ban. Android, iOS, Macs and Windows all have parental controls built in that allow parents to block access to websites, installing apps, etc.
- scarface_74 1y agoWhat do you think will happen when the EU regulates the “centralized” social media companies? Kids will just flock to other services that don’t care about EU regulations or use a VPN. We see something similar in the US with age verification for viewing porn in some states. Mainstream porn sites that I’m sure you have heard of that aren’t based in the US just ignore the laws and VPN sales skyrocket in those states.