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“Age limits on social media are a dead end” (www.uio.no)
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Public authorities should focus on regulating algorithms and imposing stricter controls on data collection instead, argues researcher.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Children and young people want spaces for social interaction without adult supervision. They will in any case find other places to interact, and companies will develop new services that do not formally fall under the category of “social media”. The alternatives are not necessarily better.

I mean, I've made the "there are fundamental enforceability issues" point myself, but I suppose that for some politicians, if there's enough public demand for censorship, it's easier to just engage in whatever theater is required to show that they're being responsive to public concerns.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

It's not public demand, it's a very vocal lobbying group. One that's funded by Facebook. Ultimately though it's all just an excuse, the goal is to collect the data and has nothing at all to do with any of the things they claim it does.