Google urges US lawmakers not to ban teenagers from social media.::San Francisco– Google has asked the US Congress not to ban teenagers from social media, urging lawmakers to drop problematic protections like age-verification technology. The tech giant released its ‘Legislative Framework to Protect Children and Teens Online’ that came as more lawmakers, like Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), pushed for the Kids Online Safety Act, a …

  • Fal@yiffit.netEnglish
    45·
    1 year ago

    The rules include things like “do not run ads for strawberry flavored nicotine vapes that are blatantly intended to be sold to kids”. That’s not harmful to teenagers.

    No, it’s rules like “homosexual content is harmful to kids so it will be banned”.

    And adults couldn’t possibly like strawberry. That MUST be about addicting kids! Not that that has fuck all to do with what we’re talking about here. We’re talking about banning kids from being able to talk about their sexuality and gender in safe spaces

    This is clearly not a blanket ban on social media.

    Not a blanket ban, just the likely result.

    • teichflamme@lemm.eeEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      No, it’s rules like “homosexual content is harmful to kids so it will be banned”.

      That would suck

      And adults couldn’t possibly like strawberry. That MUST be about addicting kids

      It’s just easier to get kids addicted. That’s why they need special protection.

      Not a blanket ban, just the likely result

      Honestly, not the worst outcome. Social media appears to do more harm than good, especially for kids.