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Majority of Americans Support Banning Social Media for Kids Under 16

16 points by karakoram

by eigencoder

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This doesn't surprise me at all. I don't think we should be letting kids under 16 use social media, and the issue is a collective action problem that is best solved collectively (i.e. with government regulation).
But, I understand concerns raised by many, for example the EFF, that legislation banning children will have negative implications for online privacy. How do we "protect the kids", while also maintaining online privacy, which has been a fundamental part of the internet for a long time?

by kixiQu

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I would also support this if there were a way to do it without privacy implications for actual adults. Unfortunately, there is not, and more unfortunately still, there is not widespread understanding of that fact. I think our industry owes more honesty to the public about the trade-offs.

by erelong

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disappointing as it's just an attack on privacy while pretending to be for the "safety of the children"

by expedition32

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by GenericDev

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by teslaberry

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