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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I really dislike this sort of daddy over reach but it seems like this is the only way to make corpos get real about enforcement.

This would result needing to provide ID to use normie social media?

How would this even work globally and on places like fediverse tho?

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[–] hogmomma 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Don't stop at social media. Put that same limit on religion, too.

[–] Emerald 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Are you pointing out how you don't like this law or are you actually suggesting we ban religion for kids?

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 4 days ago

I'm thinking neither one is really enforceable.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's norway, so that's kinda pointless

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (6 children)

How do they define what a social media is?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (10 children)

And most importantly: How would they enforce that? Kids have been lying about their ages since the dawn of internet.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't think they really need to.

Laws are often just an acknowledgement of a society's expectation.

"We've all decided that kids under 15 using social isn't great."

The fact that this law exists makes it infinitely b easier for parents to establish and maintain rules in their household, because peer pressure is minimised.

Yes, some kids will still use social before they're 15. Perhaps most kids. However, I think harmfully excessive use will be minimised.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You may use it only until you are 15. Alternately, you may choose any 15-year window in your life. Choose wisely.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Governmental overreach. Good luck trying to enforce this shit.

Social media isn't bad inherently. Addictive algorithms, violation of user privacy, etc. is bad.

Kids should be taught how to make use of social media for good. I was bullied quite a lot as a kid. Social media is what kinda brought me out of it.

Social media told 13 year old me, that it is alright to be gay. Social media is what made me interested in politics. A huge part of who I am today is because of the nice people I met online. Fuck the government for trying to take it away from others like me.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 13 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Social media isn’t bad inherently. Addictive algorithms, violation of user privacy, etc. is bad.

Cigarettes aren't bad for you. It's just the burning tar and the nicotine.

[–] Nalivai 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But social media don't have to burn tar. They chose to because this way they can get more money, but it's not an inherent part of the system, it's an exploitation of it for profit, and can be separated

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[–] sandbox 7 points 4 days ago (16 children)

If anything, it would be far better to ban people above a certain age from social media. I’ve seen far more older people get sucked in by online misinformation and become extreme conspiracy theorists than kids.

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