Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15

Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by arcfour on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:30PM (#45850074)

Describe three hypotheticals to me of what you think will happen in the following circumstances:

* Kid who is told "no" by his parents

* Kid who is told "yes" by his parents

* Kid who "can't" sign up for social media because it's illegal to do so at their age, who then signs up for it when it becomes legal.

I would really like to see what you believe the outcomes of these three scenarios would be, because I doubt any of them are truly catastrophic, considering we are, at best, merely delaying the onset of social media use by the kid by just 2-3 years.

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Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by dmje on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:36PM (#45850133)

Read literally anything about brain elasticity and then come back and tell me those “just” 2—3 years are unimportant. These are key, critical years for development. Pretty much all the studies are saying it’s fucking us, and particularly our kids.

Personally I want to do something about this, and IMO every move in the direction that helps even in a small way is a good one.

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Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by cycomanic on Friday November 07, 2025 @03:08PM (#45850455)

Ok so what about selling alcohol to kids? Or cigarettes?

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Re:Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media f... by DocTomoe on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:47PM (#45850257)

In example 3: Kid lies about their age. Just like they did ever since there was COPA.

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