beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMajority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16www.pewresearch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareyestalgia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoEven if altruistic, your proposal to “ban it” is not consistent with free and open societies. Also do you realize what we’re communicating on now can be considered social media. Should this be banned too? “I don’t like xyz; ban it.” – that’s the same reasoning that ends up banning prolific books to “keep us safe.”
Even if altruistic, your proposal to “ban it” is not consistent with free and open societies.
Also do you realize what we’re communicating on now can be considered social media. Should this be banned too?
“I don’t like xyz; ban it.” – that’s the same reasoning that ends up banning prolific books to “keep us safe.”