Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for people under 16

Re:Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for... by cgearhart on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @07:51PM (#39834171)

I have wondered about that, but we didn’t keep them strictly from it. They had Instagram and a couple other things—with screen time limits and we knew their account handles. That was apparently enough friction for them to find a workaround. “Went wild” in this context means they signed up for dozens of accounts on dozens of different services—SnapChat, Discord, Instagram, and others I’d never heard of at all.

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Re:Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for... by squigz on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:05AM (#39835609)

> we knew their account handles

I would've taken offence to this bit too, FWIW. Privacy is important.

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Re:Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for... by cgearhart on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:26AM (#39835713)

> Privacy is important.

I strongly agree, but it needs to be balanced against being 14 on the open internet.

And you can't have it both ways here–it can't be "be a parent: control and limit your kids' on the internet" and "you have to give your kids complete privacy on the internet". My goal has always been to support their growth and development by giving them progressively more responsibility and autonomy as they grow up.

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Re:Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for... by squigz on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:33AM (#39835733)

> And you can't have it both ways here–it can't be "be a parent: control and limit your kids' on the internet" and "you have to give your kids complete privacy on the internet".

Well I don't think I said otherwise, but not only is this rather absolute, it's not true. I don't see how limiting screen time, for example, precludes respecting their privacy.

May I ask: Why is it important to know their account handles?

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