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This is the exact policing we don't want government to do regardless of the age. In my opinion it's the responsibility of the parents to decide how to raise the
by sajithdilshan 11mo ago
This is the exact policing we don't want government to do regardless of the age. In my opinion it's the responsibility of the parents to decide how to raise their children and teach them how to live and adapt in the age of social media and maintain a balance.
In the same sense one could argue that social media like Facebook or WhatsApp should be banned among older population because that's one of the major ways mis/fake information being spread among elderly people and now with AI videos they actually believe those fake stories to be 100% true as well. I think that's more risk to modern day democracy and well being of the society in general.
- insane_dreamer 11mo agoStores are banned from selling cigarettes to those under 18. Sure, kids can still get them, but it does present a barrier. I don't see this as being any different, and as a parent, I'd support a ban like that.
- stronglikedan 11mo agoCigarettes (nicotine products) are easy to identify. What is social media? Why would I want to acquire and provide an ID just to comment on HN? In the case of social media, there is not a well enough defined product to ban.
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- hananova 11mo agoBig tech has had decades to self-police, and I don’t believe for a second they didn’t know that at some point they would be forced to if they didn’t do so. This is just the adults in the room drawing the line.
- sajithdilshan 11mo agoThat's the whole point then right? It's whole another policing and maintenance burden created to be funded by tax payers money without actually achieving anything useful at all.
- insane_dreamer 11mo agoDo you have kids? I'm glad mine can't just walk into a store and buy cigarettes. It's a pretty strong deterrent.
- squigz 11mo agoI'm really sick of this silly comparison. Stores don't require you to present an ID to enter them. They don't record that ID, add it to a pile of other data they've collected about you, and sell that information. In short, the privacy concerns are vastly different. Furthermore, nicotine products are much more easily defined than social media, as another commenter points out.
- amanaplanacanal 11mo agoPerhaps it could be made illegal for companies to use your data that way, the same way your health data is protected. I could get behind that effort.
- themafia 11mo agoWhich was only done federally _after_ strenuous public efforts to prove they were harmful to _everyone_. Good luck.
- ekjhgkejhgk 11mo ago> This is the exact policing we don't want government to do regardless of the age. In my opinion it's the responsibility of the parents to decide how to raise their children and teach them how to live and adapt in the age of social media and maintain a balance. It's complicated. I can decide how to raise my child when he's inside the house. But if when he goes into the world he's sorrounded by people addicted to their phones, what do you think it's going to happen?
- jajuuka 11mo agoThe same way parents of previous generations dealt with it. Whether it was phones, tv's, drugs, etc. Helicopter parenting is not the solution and not an effective method to produce well adjusted adults. You have to equip children with the tools to respond to different scenarios. Not prevent from ever knowing other things exist.
- ekjhgkejhgk 11mo agoAbsolute garbage. A) Forbidding your children something does not equate to helicopter parenting. You're attacking someone else's position. B) Forbidding your children something DOES WORK as long as that thing is not easily accessible. That's why we make certain things illegal to sell to children, so that their rate of usage is lower than otherwise.