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Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by arcfour on Friday November 07, 2025 @01:52PM (#45849591)
...and this needs to be solved with a law? Kids feeling left out over something well and truly inconsequentual?
Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by angiolillo on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:14PM (#45849862)
Not necessarily a law, but it requires some form of collective action.

I highly recommend discussing a smartphone pact such as http://waituntil8th.org with fellow parents before anyone in their friend group gets a cell phone.

Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by GaryBluto on Saturday November 08, 2025 @03:49AM (#45855210)
> Find out why smartphones need to be delayed in your home (emphasis mine)

Do parents actually fall for this drivel?

Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by foobarian on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:03PM (#45849715)
Who needs laws! Let's also let them all smoke cigarettes too then while we're at it.
Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by mothballed on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:08PM (#45849781)
Lol you can order a cigar or pipe tobacco on the internet completely legally without any ID check. Most people don't know this. You can do it with wine, too, for the vast majority of the US. It's not really a problem.
Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by cycomanic on Friday November 07, 2025 @03:05PM (#45850425)
I suspect you need a credit card though? Can kids sign credit card contracts without parent consent in the US?

Moreover just because that laws and regulations are applied inconsistently in the US (and we are talking about Denmark here), does not mean we should completely do away with them.

Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by mothballed on Friday November 07, 2025 @03:09PM (#45850461)
Not sure if it's changed but I had a debit card and bank account from age 15 when I started working as a kid. I got it without even involving my parents, not sure if you can still do that now, it was before the KYC stuff ramped up to the nines.