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[–] 6 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I am so torn on this. On one hand, social media in the hands of the large corps is super toxic and bad for almost everyone. On the other hand it allows kids to connect with others like them, particularly marginalized groups. And what I feel is the real reason behind this ban is to simply end anonymity on social media, which is obviously bad. So I guess I agree with the idea in principle, although it falls too short because they should restrict social media for everyone and the path they take is shit.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 hours ago

    The solution shouldn't be using age verification to stop kids from seeing terrible things on social media, it should be forcing social media companies to invest in proper moderation to take down such content.

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