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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by casey2 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:02PM (#46625901)
I personally don't believe you have ANY evidence. More plausibly you are acting as a "useful idiot" for traditional media.

Now that Australia has banned social media, are you going to admit you were wrong? Or just double down and ban phones? If something is "unbelievable" then you better have good evidence for believing it, not just narratives.

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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by nazgul17 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @10:17PM (#46627604)
I'm not sure I follow; are you disputing that social media cause harm to mental health, and particularly in teenagers?
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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by November_Echo on Thursday January 15, 2026 @12:05AM (#46628275)
Meta knows that deactivating Facebook causes "lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison"[1]

[1] https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulat...

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