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It's not abstinence culture though?
If the only offence was providing social media things wouldn't have gotten this far. There's plenty of evidence Meta has intentionally optimized their system to damage mental health to increase profit.
Right I mean that they should be punished for doing those things, not for the basic act of providing social media to youth, which I am afraid this will continue to morph into as a moral panic as it is elsewhere in the world like Australia and the UK for example.
That's a separate concern. I will point out it's the same way we treat alcohol, and that direct messaging with friends apps aren't banned.