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RenegadeMonster said:
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Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids to join social media platforms in Florida

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida just signed into law a bill that requires parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accounts. It also completely prevents children under 14 from joining these platforms.
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I hate to agree with anything he signs, but I don't hate this. Social media and teens doesn't seem to lead to an improvement in life. Though I don't see how enforcement is feasible and it really should be a parent looking out for their kids.

That said, it is humorous as he's a typical hypocrite regarding free speech, and this serves as another reminder of that fact.
 
SnowmaNick said:
I hate to agree with anything he signs, but I don't hate this. Social media and teens doesn't seem to lead to an improvement in life. Though I don't see how enforcement is feasible and it really should be a parent looking out for their kids.

That said, it is humorous as he's a typical hypocrite regarding free speech, and this serves as another reminder of that fact.
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It worries me a little, more in the sense that we're increasingly locking down our children and making it such that a person is either unable to or has little reason to be out in the world without supervision until they're eighteen; I'm not saying this bill is an especially destructive aspect of this shuttering, but the theater of it certainly adds to the "we must protect our children from the outside world" of it all. The fact that you can't really verify someone's age beyond a "yes I'm 18" modal adds to the theatrical aspect. A lot of arcane/fascist policy is bubbling up out of the concept of protecting our children, and as a child of the 80s/90s, golly, that sure sounds familiar.

It seems to me we should be addressing the issues which make the internet such a fraught environment for a growing mind; I'm not against limits, but those are the domain of the parent; ensuring the space itself is safe is what policy is for. I grew up in an environment where a lot of media/culture/ideas were cut out mainly due to satanic-panic-slash-stranger-danger-era fears, and that only drove me to pursue the forbidden. I didn't get hurt and turned out fine, but certainly put myself in risky situations. I learned far more about the world and how to be safe within it from experience than avoidance.
 
Bull Shannon said:
It worries me a little, more in the sense that we're increasingly locking down our children and making it such that a person is either unable to or has little reason to be out in the world without supervision until they're eighteen; I'm not saying this bill is an especially destructive aspect of this shuttering, but the theater of it certainly adds to the "we must protect our children from the outside world" of it all. The fact that you can't really verify someone's age beyond a "yes I'm 18" modal adds to the theatrical aspect. A lot of arcane/fascist policy is bubbling up out of the concept of protecting our children, and as a child of the 80s/90s, golly, that sure sounds familiar.

It seems to me we should be addressing the issues which make the internet such a fraught environment for a growing mind; I'm not against limits, but those are the domain of the parent; ensuring the space itself is safe is what policy is for. I grew up in an environment where a lot of media/culture/ideas were cut out mainly due to satanic-panic-slash-stranger-danger-era fears, and that only drove me to pursue the forbidden. I didn't get hurt and turned out fine, but certainly put myself in risky situations. I learned far more about the world and how to be safe within it from experience than avoidance.
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As my dads said to the lady that was complaining to him in line at 7-11 when he was buying me garbage pail kids. “Lady a little piece of cardboard does not have more affect on my child than I do.”

That being said there is a ton of shit that goes happens on social media between teens. I’ve seen the affects in the kids I work with. It just kind of exaggerates the typical problems. Anxiety, Depression, exposure to sex at earlier ages, and cyber bullying. The hard part for parents is that it’s all done so quietly. Parents should have a lot of conversations and be involved with their children’s accounts.

However, they can lead a lot and make connections with people that eventually turn into communities around the world. During the pandemic I was working with a kid. He and his friends built a giant birthday cake in Minecraft and held a virtual birthday party for a friend.
 
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