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If we lived in a sensible society, this would already be the case. The amount of damage social media has inflicted on younger generations is unsurpassed.
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Yikes, really? And what do they fear the impact of this to be? (Honest question)
Cultural change. Loss of their political power. Less consolidation of capital.
E for more detail: Most individuals who feel this way fear at least one of these greatly, and may or may not fear the others. The people I am thinking of mostly fall in the "cultural change" category. See (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33924352) for one example.
> A North Texas Republican wants to ban social media for Texans under the age of 18. But wait, there's more: > State Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, filed House Bill 896 this week that would require social media users to show two forms of photo identification to verify their age. Now all services considered social media would have to collect two forms of photo ID from all users, if they didn't want to be illegal in T…
> This might not only be about protecting the children. Sadly, it never is about protecting the children. It's always about pushing other agendas that are, at best, tangentially aimed at protecting children. For example, holding back Texan teens (aka Gen Z, who had a huge impact on the recent midterms) from being a part of the broader political discussion; from informing themselves before they're able to vote.
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> This might not only be about protecting the children. Sadly, it never is about protecting the children. It's always about pushing other agendas that are, at best, tangentially aimed at protecting children. For example, holding back Texan teens (aka Gen Z, who had a huge impact on the recent midterms) from being a part of the broader political discussion; from informing themselves before they're able to vote.
Not that I support this bill because turning over ID documents is dumb and there will be ways around it and I don't see how it is enforceable, but I am just curious if the context of content on the app motivates your opinion. Are there limits you believe in? Like take for example 8chan if it still existed. Would you be ok with Gen Z going on there to inform themselves?
No - but I oppose usage of law to prevent this, at least in this way.
Either a site should be up, or it shouldn't. I know many Gen Z individuals with better critical thinking then some people of older gens and vice versa.
As long as a site is not actively promoting harm/hate[0], it should be allowed to argue for it's ideas (whether win or lose).
[0] See the Paradox of Tolerance.
>Under HB 896, social media sites would also be forced to verify a user’s age with a photo ID
Throw the bill in the garbage.
As great as it would be to never have to see the opinion of a 14 year old again >Under HB 896, social media sites would also be forced to verify a user’s age with a photo ID Throw the bill in the garbage.
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This x1000. I live in TX, and it is many people's greatest fear that their kids might start to think differently than their parents.
Yikes, really? And what do they fear the impact of this to be? (Honest question)
I'd like to transmit this culture to my children as I feel it's valuable.
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