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Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids under 16 (www.goodmorningamerica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

For once Florida is doing something good.

At least it would be if they weren't simply doing this to prevent kids from becoming more informed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eh… yes and no. On the one hand, kids are undoubtedly addicted to social media, and their screen time should be limited for the sake of their mental health.

On the other hand, this is absolutely not going to limit most kids time on social media. They aren’t idiots, and some of them are (properly) tech savvy. Meaning a bunch of kids are going to find an easy workaround, and spread that info around.

And this is almost certainly going to result in an ID requirement similar to the laws requiring ID for porn sites in certain companies. And unlike PornHub, I don’t trust that Facebook, Twitter, Reddit or the others are going to actually have integrity when it comes to ID laws.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Solution: nobody should be on social media.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Lemmy is social media… any site we communicate through is social media, even old style forums are social media. Hell, even Stack Exchange could be considered social media. Should those be banned?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn’t say they should be banned. People just shouldn’t be on them. It’s bad for mental health. It’s like smoking but for your brain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Eh… social media isn’t harmful on its own in moderation. It’s companies that game the system against their users to feedback loop rage and hate that’s the real issue.

Though the addiction is real af, I do admit that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I'd agree if the ban extended to news articles online.

It doesn't.