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leptonsyesterday at 10:28 PM1 replyview on HN

If they really wanted to protect children, they wouldn't give them phones, tablets, or laptops until a certain age.

It's like handing a loaded gun to a kid, and saying "just don't take the safety off".

Of course kids are going to find ways around it. They are going to take the safety off.


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SchemaLoadyesterday at 11:40 PM

Australia started on this by banning kids from social media. Reddit kicked up a huge stink and sued the government over it. Also phone bans in school a few years prior.