alt Hacker NewsHow is it strange? As far as I know, there's quite some research on negative impact of social media on teens mental health. How is restricting access to specific age groups fundamentally different from restricting access to cigarettes or alcohol?
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Chu4eeno • today at 11:49 AM
Didn't the testifying UK academics explicitly say the current research was inconclusive?
bushwart • today at 11:29 AM
You don't need to show your government ID to enter a supermarket.
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Because speech and communication obviously. That’s a ridiculous comparison.
I am very much not a pro-social media person (this is a social media website, btw) but I am even less a nanny state person. EU loses plenty of support from the citizens of its constituent states when it implements these sorts of limitations, so I hope the benefits meaningfully improve quality of life.
Also, research is not a prescriptive cure, and it isn’t a neutral domain. It is valuable, but not as an unevaluated rubber stamp.