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Five young teens on life under Australia’s social media ban: ‘It’s not a big deal any more’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I was mostly teasing. I do believe, as you seem to, that rights are eroded from the edges and that is one reason it is important to protect activities we disagree with. 'Protect the kids" is often used to deny rights to adults but kids are legitimately protected by the laws of society from a lot of predatory things. The social media ban doesn't stop adults from doing anything or make them do anything so it doesn't fit the case for sneaky control like cisa or gun control in the US or chat control in the EU. I don't think advertisers should be able to advertise directly to children. Teams of human psychology and behavior experts crafting the most addictive product available and being able to constantly live A/B test their newest ideas is bad for kids. It's bad for adults too but to each their own.