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Poll finds 90% in favour of social media age ban, while advocates urge action for online harms (nationalpost.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Polling shows that social media bans are overwhelmingly popular. This article is for canada but it holds true for the US. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/01/majority-of-americans-support-banning-social-media-for-kids-under-16/

Just wanted to share because I've seen people act like it's some anti-democratic conspiracy that these (bad) laws are going into place.

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The move to curb access to social media for minors is fine.

If you stop to think about how it will be done, that's where the problems lie, and that's where basic functions of democracy (anonymity, transparency, and the right to know where our information is stored) are very much in danger.

Stop pushing the first part of the headline and omitting the rather serious nexts steps and implementation.