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Both Android and iOS allow parents to block social media apps and web access to individual websites or the entire web, if they choose to do so. That's not a fa

Both Android and iOS allow parents to block social media apps and web access to individual websites or the entire web, if they choose to do so. That's not a fantasy. It's also a much less restrictive option than forcing EVERYONE to give up their privacy.

ElProlactin 1mo ago
> Both Android and iOS allow parents to block social media apps and web access to individual websites or the entire web, if they choose to do so. You ignored three of my points: 1. These platforms are highly addictive, and designed to be highly addictive. Just because these are digital services doesn't mean they can't and shouldn't be regulated like, say, addictive substances. 2. Many parents are themselves addicted and don't understand the harms or choose to ignore them. There are numerous areas where society decides that regulation is appropriate because a product or service is so detrimental and/or being offered predatorily. 3. Even children who don't use social media can be harmed by these platforms. Very few people want to acknowledge that these platforms are being abused in ways that allow users to cause immense harm to non-users. > It's also a much less restrictive option than forcing EVERYONE to give up their privacy. You already have no privacy online and these social platforms are among the biggest privacy violators. Why do so many people pretend this isn't the case? Facebook, for instance, has "shadow profiles" of non-users created based on the collection of data from tracking tools (like Meta Pixel) that the vast majority of people don't even know exist. If you're pro-privacy, would you support laws that ban companies from doing this?
- GeekyBear 1mo ago
  > 1. These platforms are highly addictive So block them. > 2. Many parents are themselves addicted and don't understand the harms or choose to ignore them People are allowed to make choices others find objectionable. > 3. Even children who don't use social media can be harmed by these platforms. Bullying predates social networking and happens even without internet access. > You already have no privacy online If EVERYONE has to submit an ID before they are allowed to communicate on the internet, it becomes a much more dystopian world. Stop trying to control EVERYONE and educate parents on existing tools that are available to protect their own children, if they choose to use them.

ElProlactin 1mo ago

> Both Android and iOS allow parents to block social media apps and web access to individual websites or the entire web, if they choose to do so. You ignored three of my points: 1. These platforms are highly addictive, and designed to be highly addictive. Just because these are digital services doesn't mean they can't and shouldn't be regulated like, say, addictive substances. 2. Many parents are themselves addicted and don't understand the harms or choose to ignore them. There are numerous areas where society decides that regulation is appropriate because a product or service is so detrimental and/or being offered predatorily. 3. Even children who don't use social media can be harmed by these platforms. Very few people want to acknowledge that these platforms are being abused in ways that allow users to cause immense harm to non-users. > It's also a much less restrictive option than forcing EVERYONE to give up their privacy. You already have no privacy online and these social platforms are among the biggest privacy violators. Why do so many people pretend this isn't the case? Facebook, for instance, has "shadow profiles" of non-users created based on the collection of data from tracking tools (like Meta Pixel) that the vast majority of people don't even know exist. If you're pro-privacy, would you support laws that ban companies from doing this?

GeekyBear 1mo ago
> 1. These platforms are highly addictive So block them. > 2. Many parents are themselves addicted and don't understand the harms or choose to ignore them People are allowed to make choices others find objectionable. > 3. Even children who don't use social media can be harmed by these platforms. Bullying predates social networking and happens even without internet access. > You already have no privacy online If EVERYONE has to submit an ID before they are allowed to communicate on the internet, it becomes a much more dystopian world. Stop trying to control EVERYONE and educate parents on existing tools that are available to protect their own children, if they choose to use them.