magickrock

I agree that it should primarily be a parents responsibility to keep kids off social media. But the big problem with social media is that a large proportion of young children don't want to be on social media and recognise the detrimental impact it has on them, but the fear of missing out or being excluded is what keeps them on it. it then becomes a collective action problem, to get them off it you need to get a lot of their peers off it as well. There are movements where groups of parents try to do this, but reaching the critical mass necessary to do it is difficult.

Hopefully the ban keeps a large number off to reduce the pressure on kids to be on it and at the same time the parents can do their bit as well.

This is 100% the way. Not only is it cheaper, but it's so much more enjoyable to just use something rather than worry about keeping it perfect.

The Economist is British. This is absolutely about ridiculing Americans and their ridiculous ideas of being the envy of the world.

Sony patented this in 2010 to allow people to simultaneously watch two different videos on the same TV.