Most parties in the Danish parliament said they support implementing a 15-year-old minimum age requirement for social media. It is not yet known which social media platforms will be affected.
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Regardless of the practicality of enforcing this I think it’s a good idea. Most social media is very predatory and do not contribute in any positive way to a child that’s growing up. I’ve seen what especially TikTok does to a young kids brain, it’s almost like it’s reprogrammed to not have any focus and the addictive part of it makes them always want more TikTok.
Exactly, I wouldn’t even shy from making it banned under 18 years old. Even teenagers are affected mentally and those few years more would make wonders. Just how many teenage girls comitted a suicides because of facebook/instagram.
Wouldn’t it be better to forbid these predatory features / dark patterns / addictive design etc. in a general way ? What is bad for young people is not good for older people either. There is a difference between free speech and using manipulation.
It’s weird, seeing this praised on Lemmy.
I’m wondering if the Fediverse has a future in Europe as such laws spread.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone on fedi that not of an age that would have at some point made a Facebook account.
I’m still for an social media alternative for and only for young people, preferable gouverment based, so that it dosn’t need to make money. In Germany, a while back we had SchülerVZ (maybe the original StudiVZ is more broadly known) with excatly that purpose. It had all the trolling and bullying we know from social media, but all that was way less toxic for 12 year old me, because most were like at most 16 at the time.
When it’s administered is a good way, you give these young fucks the outlet to share their cringy shit with their friends like they want to and teach them how god awful people on the internet can be at the same time, while in an safe space from predetory adults and their companys.
