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How can we protect kids from the harms of social media without sacrificing everyone's privacy? (piefed.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by ageedizzle@piefed.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm asking for public policy ideas here. A lot of countries are enacting age verification now. But of course this is a privacy nightmare and is ripe for abuse. At the same time though, I also understand why people are concerned with how kids are using social media. These products are designed to be addictive and are known to cause body image issues and so forth. So what's the middle ground? How can we protect kids from the harms of social media in a way that respects everyone's privacy?

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Easy: by dropping social media completely.

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In ideal world, yes. But unless this is done collectively then any one kid who does this may feel socially isolated

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

https://youtu.be/Q2SOxSGGcR4

[–] Ash@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think we should reframe the question.

How can we protect adults from the harms of not being able to post meaningless bullshit anonymously to online anonymous strangers we never agree with without sacrificing everyones children's mental stability?

Maybe put childrens rights before adult rights. Adults had fun and got along fine without social media back before the 2000's. I refuse to believe that we are no longer capable of that. Especially if it means kids get to to go back to using the internet as a resource for homework and playing outside and using their own imaginations. Adults too.

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