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Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media (www.euractiv.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sandbox@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (16 children)

If anything, it would be far better to ban people above a certain age from social media. I’ve seen far more older people get sucked in by online misinformation and become extreme conspiracy theorists than kids.

[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 20 points 4 weeks ago (14 children)

It's not the government's job to tell adults to not partake in self-harm. Kids don't know better.

[–] sandbox@lemmy.world -4 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

Sorry, but that logic is absolute and total bullshit.

Adults are extremely bad at making decisions in their best interests too. Why does the government have to oppress kids to protect them, but you when the exact same logic is applied to adults, that’s a problem?

It’s all oppression. It’s all wrong. Kids should have autonomy too.

[–] kava@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Kids are disadvantaged in a number of ways compared to adults

the obvious factor is that the prefrontal cortex is not developed. they simply do not have the capacity to make fully informed decisions.
another factor is the simple lack of experience. when you compare an 8 year old to an adult, that adult has been through a lot of shit in their life. they learned a thing or two and that gives him the ability to sniff out bullshit much more easily than a child. think of it as the bullshit immune system
kids don't have the resources that adults do. they typically don't have access to credit cards so the free things on the internet attract them more easily. websites (really apps these days) prey on this fact.

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