…so why are people so up in arms against bans and restrictions on children having access to social media, where they have even less oversight and can do so themselves?
…so why are people so up in arms against bans and restrictions on children having access to social media, where they have even less oversight and can do so themselves?
Personally I don’t have a big issue with not allowing children on social media, but with how it’s going to get enforced. Do you trust your government with ID data that’s immediately linked to everything you say or do on a social media website? And I’d be surprised if the social media companies don’t get access to that ID data, too. They could implement age checks in a very privacy-friendly way (I mean one that actually works, not just “click yes if you’re 18”), but they’re not going to.
And there are good arguments for allowing children anyway, it can be a great tool for children who get mistreated in “real life”. The more locked down the web becomes for minors, the more difficult it’s going to be to get info on e.g. safe sex, LGBT+ or anti-abuse topics, and IMO seeing the info on a static information website (as long as that’s allowed in the first place, which is going to be an issue especially with a far right government) is often not enough.