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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by reaperducer on Monday January 29, 2024 @05:57PM (#39183938)
I'm in favor of kids not using social media, but not of the government forcing this on people nor spinning up whatever absurd regulatory regime is required.

People said the same thing about age restrictions for smoking, alcohol, movies, and on and on and on.

It's not some unsolvable new problem just because it's the ad-tech industry.

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by cjensen on Monday January 29, 2024 @06:10PM (#39184053)
Your comment begs the question of whether or not those age restrictions are a "solved problem." In the US, government age restrictions on movies DO NOT exist for the exact reason the government cannot impose age restrictions on social media: the First Amendment flatly forbids it.
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