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I think you're still misunderstanding me, and the scope of existing solutions.
It is not sufficient to have tools to monitor behavior, blocking whole websites is too crude. If those are the tools that you have you're really just encouraged not to use them, or to overuse them. There's no real in between.
These platforms make desired choices. There are some things they decide not to do because it's less profitable.
Again, what if I want my kid to have a Facebook account so that he can coordinate with his soccer club independently, but I don't want him to DM strangers or join strange groups? I want to facilitate independence, not have to look over his shoulder constantly, but still protect him from groomers. It is not hard platforms to enable this kind of control. It's just not profitable.