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Don't Co-Parent With Congress (reason.com)

submitted 5 months ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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Instead of lobbying for age verification and youth social media bans, parents can simply restrict their kids' smartphone use.

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[–] cm0002 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While there certainly needs to be a conversation about where the line betweeen overreach needs to be drawn

The overreach is when it starts affecting everyone. I.e. age verification laws. I don't want nor should I have to give my ID to a third party just so I can make a social media account or to look at porn, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

and that's a fair request, same as any other request for anonymity and privacy. I'm not saying we should kill all online privacy for the sake of the children, and I'd honestly say you shouldn't implicitly trust any legislature that says it's doing it "for the children." Again, there are real arguments to be made for both sides of the issue, and any legislature on the topic should ideally find a middle ground. My stance is purely that this article's idea of "fuck it, it is the parent's responsibility" is inherently flawed, and is about as valid a reason to oppose law as "for the children" is to support it.