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How so? Parents and schools can collectively decide to take away the smartphones of preschoolers if keeping them safe and focused was the main priority. Like ho

How so? Parents and schools can collectively decide to take away the smartphones of preschoolers if keeping them safe and focused was the main priority. Like how else is a preschooler gonna get a smartphone without adult money and support? Last time I checked preschoolers can't open a checking account and a credit card. This bs of government forcing everyone in the country to have to doxx themselves just so preschoolers can't access social media(which they will anyway since rebellious children are very resourceful on cheating the system made by tech illiterate adults), is like if prehistoric humanity were to stop using fire just because the village idiot burned his house down.

floren 10mo ago
> Parents and schools can collectively decide to take away the smartphones of preschoolers if keeping them safe and focused was the main priority Collective action? Like some sort of communist? No THANK you!
ForHackernews 10mo ago
If only there were some kind of collective larger than a family or a school that could decide to take away social media from impressionable children...
- jack_tripper 10mo ago
  Yes, and how would the government ban social media apps from preschoolers without forcing everyone to doxx themselves to prove age? Your sarcastic jab doesn't add any new questions or answers to this very important issue, since everyone can agree social media is bad for kids, but also we don't want to lose internet anonymity just because schools and parents can't raise kids without giving them a smartphone in hand since birth.
  - ForHackernews 10mo ago
    They've already done it, mate. You can go read about the Australian law. They are putting the burden of proof on the tech companies: "You have heaps of data on your users, you know who are young teens because you target them for marketing. Ban underage kids or we fine you."

floren 10mo ago

> Parents and schools can collectively decide to take away the smartphones of preschoolers if keeping them safe and focused was the main priority Collective action? Like some sort of communist? No THANK you!

ForHackernews 10mo ago

If only there were some kind of collective larger than a family or a school that could decide to take away social media from impressionable children...

jack_tripper 10mo ago
Yes, and how would the government ban social media apps from preschoolers without forcing everyone to doxx themselves to prove age? Your sarcastic jab doesn't add any new questions or answers to this very important issue, since everyone can agree social media is bad for kids, but also we don't want to lose internet anonymity just because schools and parents can't raise kids without giving them a smartphone in hand since birth.
- ForHackernews 10mo ago
  They've already done it, mate. You can go read about the Australian law. They are putting the burden of proof on the tech companies: "You have heaps of data on your users, you know who are young teens because you target them for marketing. Ban underage kids or we fine you."