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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by WarOnPrivacy on Monday January 29, 2024 @09:38AM (#39176722)
> as a society we've made the dangers of alcohol and similar things so well understood that no parent wants to.

Unfortunately, as a society, we have a much harder time grasping social media threat data. I suppose some of that is due to how news orgs consistently+bizarrely+hugely overstating the actual harms in the data.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/08/leading-save-the-kids-ad...

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by AlecSchueler on Monday January 29, 2024 @10:11AM (#39177118)
Oh totally! What I'm saying is that laws like this, even when not enforceable per se, can help move society towards that understanding.
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