Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids < 16

Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by jijijijij on Monday January 29, 2024 @04:21PM (#39182806)

I am an adult and I wish someone would take social media away from me. Honestly, I think social media has done more harm than good and I wish it would just cease to exist.

However, especially in Florida, social media may be the only way for some teens to escape political and religious lunacy and I fear for them. I think it's not wise to applaud them taking away means of communication to the "outside", in the context of legislation trends and events there.

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by trogdor on Monday January 29, 2024 @07:17PM (#39184657)

>I am an adult and I wish someone would take social media away from me.

Why don’t you take it away from yourself? Just delete your account.

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by jijijijij on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @04:08AM (#39187908)

I tried but then got betrayed by myself.

Addiction mechanics are a real thing and sooner or later social media will pop into your life again. For me it's Reddit, not Instagram or Twitter. Luckily, HN makes me always ragequit at some point, cause y'all are a bit special.

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