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Move to Ban Social Media for Kids Catches Fire Across Europe (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 2 days ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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European countries are taking their broadest swipe yet at social media, with a growing number weighing bans of the services for minors and setting the stage for a new showdown with some of the biggest US companies.

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Teenagers are not kids

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Ok Jeffery.

[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago

Um, I mean 18+19 legally aren't minors, but yes, 13-17 are, by definition, kids.

Social media for the last decade has proven to cause addiction, depression, anxiety, and more in underdeveloped brains like those of kids-specifically teens.