How is it strange? As far as I know, there's quite some research on negative impact of social media on teens mental health. How is restricting access to specific age groups fundamentally different from restricting access to cigarettes or alcohol?
Because speech and communication obviously. That’s a ridiculous comparison.
I am very much not a pro-social media person (this is a social media website, btw) but I am even less a nanny state person. EU loses plenty of support from the citizens of its constituent states when it implements these sorts of limitations, so I hope the benefits meaningfully improve quality of life.
Also, research is not a prescriptive cure, and it isn’t a neutral domain. It is valuable, but not as an unevaluated rubber stamp.
The last generation with access to social media.
Only government opinion channels are allowed.
*Corrupt regime will restrict access to the Internet further, under the pretense of "protecting the children"
So did you just reframe the headline to match your own sentiment on that issue, or is there more substance to your comment?
This feels strange. Social media is already a central part of modern life
How is it strange? As far as I know, there's quite some research on negative impact of social media on teens mental health. How is restricting access to specific age groups fundamentally different from restricting access to cigarettes or alcohol?
Because speech and communication obviously. That’s a ridiculous comparison.
I am very much not a pro-social media person (this is a social media website, btw) but I am even less a nanny state person. EU loses plenty of support from the citizens of its constituent states when it implements these sorts of limitations, so I hope the benefits meaningfully improve quality of life.
Also, research is not a prescriptive cure, and it isn’t a neutral domain. It is valuable, but not as an unevaluated rubber stamp.
You don't need to show your government ID to enter a supermarket.
So was alcohol.
The problem is doing it in a way that doesn’t removal all privacy.