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Australia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

The typical under-13 social media user is not a sneaky kid. It’s a family making a decision together.

Yep.. Theres an idiot in my family that gave their grandkids unrestricted, flagship phones, with full social media account access, at 7 years old.

And no, they are not too old to understand technology. They perfectly understand technology, the internet, and everything else. They are just stupid.

Its on the grandparents for doing it. its on the parents for not taking the fuckin phones away. and its also on social media companies for being algorithmic predators.