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Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by mothballed on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:03PM (#45849711)
The same people demanding the anti-smart phone laws will rat your ass out the second your kid is spotted walking alone, playing independently, etc. They want to put you in a catch-22 situation.

The real problem here is way less people are parents or people that have no idea what parenting is like, so they don't understand the practicalities of raising children so they come up with the dumbest laws possible and then lord it over you with the full weigh of the state so they can pretend to be parents but with none of the responsibility and all of the smug moral superiority.

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Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by hobom on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:07PM (#45849764)
Jonathan Haidt, the most prominent psychologist pushing for restrictions on social media use for children, is also the most prominent proponent of letting kids play and roam more freely. So no, those are not the same people.
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Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by thatguy0900 on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:05PM (#45849740)
The people doing that are themselves victims of social media and news fear mongering and engagement maxxing
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