It seems to come up a lot in reference to laws like the UK one, the Australian social media ban for under 16s and all sorts of similar measures around and about

It seems to come up a lot in reference to laws like the UK one, the Australian social media ban for under 16s and all sorts of similar measures around and about. It’s the end of democracy in country X! The government’s taking away the people’s rights to x, y and z! I mean, kinda, but it’s also hugely popular. Regular folks want their kids protected from some of this stuff, don’t believe that Silicon Valley and allied tech bros have their best interest at heart (and shouldn’t) and will readily vote for it. Heck, I don’t have kids and I’m broadly in favour of the principle of keeping kids off social media, it’s just very hard to answer “what exactly do you mean by social media?” or “how are we going to do this without impacting adults’ ability to interact freely?”