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European nations gear up to ban social media for children

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by aquir

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Good! It is a bit too late, the damage is done, but it's better sooner than later! It took me a lot of effort to keep my daughter away from it but it worked! Social media is like opium or cocaine; better not start using it because there's no way out!

by bradley13

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As usual, this has nothing to do with protecting children. It is all about forcing people to identify themselves on social media.
Free speech in Europe is under serious attack.

by aestetix

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Here is another idea for how to solve this:
Why not produce a second kind of phone that is for kids. Maybe have it linked to their parents accounts on a hardware level. The kidphone is physically restricted somehow to only installing certain apps, so that parents can ensure they are safe.
This approach would put the power back into hands of parents, keep the kids safe, and also prevent all this intrusive age verification stuff from happening.
Also it is a lot easier to police. You could physically look at the phone the child is using to make sure it is a kidphone. If not, then they are committing a crime, similar to a child smoking a cigarette.

by nine_zeros

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by 9875325996435

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