DeSantis signs bill dat bans children under 14 from having social media accounts

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https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/florida-ron-desantis-signs-bill-social-media-kids-ban-rcna144950

Imagine not being able to make a gamefaqs account until you're 14 instead of 13
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Doesn't seem possible to enforce.
Soliloquy_Rhap posted...
Doesn't seem possible to enforce.
Like that's ever stopped DeSepsis and his ilk.
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Vegy posted...
Imagine not being able to make a gamefaqs account until you're 14 instead of 13


parents should decide if social media is allowed until 18 years old. not ronnie he doesn't get to decide.
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So they just have to wait 1 whole year than normal? What kind of stupid law is that
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Being able to just say shit out into the void and being able to consume other people just saying shit out into the void is so fucking corrosive to any mind, but especially young minds. I don't think you should be allowed on social media until you're 16, period.
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The problem with this is, that you can guarantee that the only reason that this bill was put into effect is to stop LGBT kids from getting any sort of support.
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Turbam posted...
The problem with this is, that you can guarantee that the only reason that this bill was put into effect is to stop LGBT kids from getting any sort of support.
Bing bong. This isn't "protect the children" this is "protect the children from actually learning things we hate are actually normal and not Satanic."
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Reminder, in 2022 DeSantis signed a 16 week ban on abortion. Then after his reelection, in 2023 he signed the strictest abortion ban in the country.

This is only a test run.
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So many people get oddly oppressive when it comes to kids and social media.
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Kradek posted...
So many people get oddly oppressive when it comes to kids and social media.
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No, I don't agree with this.

Adding one arbitrary year to when kids can sign up for that isn't going to help anything. Assuming that people even followed these logs and didn't just lie about their birthdays.

Social media is a major and systemic issue that need to be properly dealt with on every avenue, just like most issues in this country from opioid addiction to gun problems.
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Yes, in the overarching concept. Social media is beyond devastatingfor adults . It is straight up destroying kids/teens ability to function as normal humans. Restricting its use should be a societal priority.

No, in why it was implemented.
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I'm sorry. I thought we hated nanny government. Where are the parental rights?
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Oddly I'm OK with this.
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hockeybabe89 posted...
Where are the parental rights?
Come on, girl. We know only "certain" parents get rights.
The parents that support these little control ploys.
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MC_BatCommander posted...
So they just have to wait 1 whole year than normal? What kind of stupid law is that
With Desantis it's a slippery slope though.

Like with his bill that banned schools from teaching about sexual orientation and sexual identity. It started with little kids because that got less pushback, then it expanded all the way through high school aged students.

I wouldn't be surprised if slowly, the social media ban expanded to include everyone under 18.
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Social media is dangerous for children and teens for many reasons. Information harvesting, mental health concerns, addiction, etc. are all serious risks to their safety and wellbeing.

Parents don't do enough to supervise and educate their kids about internet usage, which leads to a lot of negative outcomes.

However, I don't think a ban or restriction altogether is going to solve the issue. Why are we going after the kids when we should be going after the platforms that allow things like this to occur?

Especially the parts about personal info. No 13 year old needs to be tracked by brand metadata so they can be more effectively manipulated by marketing bullshit.
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I may hate social media, but this is beyond oppressive. Adult conservatives are the ones who do the most damage on social media. Not preteens.
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no that was the days of when it was 13
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
Adult conservatives are the ones who do the most damage on social media.
Which is also why the likes of DeSepsis and Abboot want to make it illegal for social media platforms to moderate conservatives.
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
I may hate social media, but this is beyond oppressive. Adult conservatives are the ones who do the most damage on social media. Not preteens.
You're looking at it from one point of view. Another is that it takes away an avenue of contact with sickos.
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NES4EVER posted...
Now ban accounts for people over 65.

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NES4EVER posted...
Now ban accounts for people over 65.

Im assuming this is just because of their shitty boomer opinions but actually this age group is just as susceptible to being scammed on social media as the under 14 crowd so I support this.
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SauI_Goodman posted...
You're looking at it from one point of view. Another is that it takes away an avenue of contact with sickos.

Why not ban the sickos?
PBusted posted...
Why not ban the sickos?
They shouldnt be on the net either but how do you know who the unregistered / no crime history sickos are?
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SauI_Goodman posted...
They shouldnt be on the net either but how do you know who the unregistered / no crime history sickos are?

Ban them when theyre making sick contact on the platform.
Social media is largely a mistake and with new laws coming the pipe nationally, it isnt a bad idea to protect kids. Let their parents help them navigate the net until then. They can use the net, they just cant destroy their future via social media which seems not bad.
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An outright ban is a bad and unenforceable idea... But it might give kids incentive to learn how to use computers...
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CreekCo posted...
and with new laws coming the pipe nationally, it isnt a bad idea to protect kids. Let their parents help them navigate the net until then.

It isnt a bad to protect kids from new national laws? What laws?


Another is that it takes away an avenue of contact with sickos.
Then maybe, just a thought, but parents should actually curate and monitor their children's access instead of pointless, widespread, unenforceable laws that everybody knows isn't actually about protecting the children.

Much like every other "protect the children" law Florida has passed.
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When I was in high school most families limited internet use during the school year anyway. I had friends who weren't even allowed to watch TV or play video games on school nights.
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ExtremeLuchador posted...
When I was in high school most families limited internet use during the school year anyway. I had friends who weren't even allowed to watch TV or play video games on school nights.
So you think this should be a government mandate?
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hockeybabe89 posted...
I'm sorry. I thought we hated nanny government. Where are the parental rights?

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hockeybabe89 posted...
I'm sorry. I thought we hated nanny government. Where are the parental rights?

If there were parents who gave their kids highly addictive drugs that would have long term detrimental impacts on their social and mental development, we'd arrest the parents for child abuse.
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Vegy posted...
Imagine not being able to make a gamefaqs account until you're 14 instead of 13
Gamefaqs is social media now?
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wackyteen posted...
If there were parents who gave their kids highly addictive drugs that would have long term detrimental impacts on their social and mental development, we'd arrest the parents for child abuse.

That is completely ridiculous hyperbole. Age-restricted entertainment is a more accurate comparison. Social media isn't completely illegal and a biological harm. Even legal drugs like weed/alcohol has it legal to "provide a reasonable amount of alcohol at reasonable times" in most states.
Soliloquy_Rhap posted...
That is completely ridiculous hyperbole. Age-restricted entertainment is a more accurate comparison. Social media isn't completely illegal and a biological harm. Even legal drugs like weed/alcohol has it legal to "provide a reasonable amount of alcohol at reasonable times" in most states.
And more: who draws that line? People in the medical field or politicians? Because "long term detrimental impacts on their social and mental development" has been used to ban gender affirming care for trans youth. And entirely in Florida.
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GranAures posted...
And more: who draws that line? People in the medical field or politicians? Because "long term detrimental impacts on their social and mental development" has been used to ban gender affirming care for trans youth. And entirely in Florida.

Yeah, people are mostly basing this off of articles that tell of the nebulous psychological problems social media can have by negative correlations with recent trends, something which exists for near everything, but then also ignore the positive correlations that have been linked to social media. It's silly seeing people fall into the same mentality their parents did.
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So how will this be enforced?
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Charged151 posted...
So how will this be enforced?
They'll probably have a popup asking are you over the age minimum like with porn sites. So basically it'll only gatekeep the stupid kids from entering the site
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NeonOPPAl posted...
They'll probably havs a popup asking are you over the age minimum like with porn sites. So basically it'll only gatekeep the stupid kids from entering the site
Seems likely. Thanks.
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