Tik Tok, Instagram, Youtube… Social Media is driving offline disorders among teenagers, suggests a large-scale report by French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses).
Aaaand now 50 more countries are in the process of mandating age verification…
I swear, virtually every government is full of enough schmucks that the experts warning about what WILL happen due to age verification never get their voices heard in the sea of “no no, it will protect the kids, you see.”
And the fact that so many nation states are choosing authoritarian measures to theoretically, in some timeline, improve the mental health of kids and teens, instead of regulating algorithms and other manipulative measures (which would be a real step to help), really shows the character of these governments, no matter how responsible they are, no matter how corrupt they are, no matter how popular their politicians are within these nations.
Aaaand now 50 more countries are in the process of mandating age verification…
I swear, virtually every government is full of enough schmucks that the experts warning about what WILL happen due to age verification never get their voices heard in the sea of “no no, it will protect the kids, you see.”
And the fact that so many nation states are choosing authoritarian measures to theoretically, in some timeline, improve the mental health of kids and teens, instead of regulating algorithms and other manipulative measures (which would be a real step to help), really shows the character of these governments, no matter how responsible they are, no matter how corrupt they are, no matter how popular their politicians are within these nations.
100% agree