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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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[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The reason for that huge level of support beyond neglectful parenting is the fact that these things cause harm. Shouldn’t we regulate the harm parts instead? Don’t they harm adults as well? Side note is this similar to prohibition?

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

It's more similar to the current age restrictions on alcohol, although I do agree it'd be better to ban recommendation algorithms than an age gate.