Which doesn't necessarily translate into them believing or supporting age verification and privacy violation to do it.

Which is why mass surveillance is always shipped under the guise of child safety

i have an issue with government surveillance. my kids have never been on social media. wedidnt need to government to step in. hell, android's parental controls are really good

The majority of americans would not support the means by which they restrict social media use.

Neither does the 1st amendment.

This moral panic has got to stop

I'm the words of Bender Bending Rodriguez, "have you ever considered sitting down with your kids, turning off the TV (phone) and hitting them?"

But in seriousness we should be having conversations with kids. We shouldn't be handing them a tablet or phone at 2 years old. We obviously can't control kids, they have their own decisions to make but, we shouldn't be shoving the internet down their throats the first day they're born then being shocked they spend all their time on the internet.

If you haven't noticed, what the majority of Americans support means jack squat lately

I'm of the minority that says ban it completely. It has done this country and the world absolutely no favors. Ever since the Epstein class realized they could use it to brain wash morons to support their asinine beliefs, it has gone to shit. Foreign adversaries have manipulated it to spread propaganda and divide the country. It didn't have to be like this. Facebook was just a place to talk to your friends and post photos from the party you were at with them. Everything was chronological and you only heard from people that you actually knew IRL. We couldn't have that, because Zuckerberg needed to sell ads. The decision to open up the feed and show you shit from random ass people gave birth to influencer culture and massive amounts of mis /disinformation.

Beats parenting.

Ban it for boomers too.

i'd rather say ban opaque algorithmic feeds and such. this whole shit is nonsense, there's not even a universal definition of social media.

16 is too high. I feel that under 13 would probably be the right age. Kids need to be slowly integrated into things they will deal with as adults, so having a 5 year range allows more gradual access.

If they really want to address the issues of social media, then they need to target the algorithms. They are designed to be as addictive as possible. These social media companies also need to be held accountable for what gets shown in feeds since it is a form of speech.

I wouldn't mind social media if it didn't allow the uploading of photos/videos/images etc. text only and chat functions. That way you can still have group chat, pages to organize events, etc.