Regulating teens’ social media access, as the US state of Florida has done, is fraught with complex philosophical questions.
under 14 from social media and requiring 14- and 15-year-olds to get parental consent to access apps like Instagram and TikTok.
And banning access will prove difficult. Many kids will simply lie about their age to get access, as many under the age of 13 already do.that “social media use is associated with harm to young people’s mental health and its misuse can increase the risk of children developing anxiety, depression and eating disorders”.
There are obvious positives to social media: it provides access to important information, allows self-expression, makes it easy to maintain friendships online and develop social connections, and keeps one connected to family and friends. Historically, professional journalism presented many sides of an argument. But the internet makes it all too easy to pander to polarised positions not located in facts that play to identity politics – and worse.
The average parent has no idea of how to configure a firewall on a router, for example, to block dangerous content, and most kids are far more tech savvy than their parents. On the other hand, no parent ever envisaged themselves sitting in a police station as their child is processed for a mass shooting at school ; or wondering how their child, raised in protected suburban circumstances, found the information and support to join a terrorist group.The parents of US Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, 15, will stand trial this year for their alleged role in his attack.
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