Discussion

• @dgolumbia@mastodon.world David Golumbia on mastodon

  nuanced discussion: “two visions of #socialmedia are not mutually exclusive in any way.  Social media does seem uniquely harmful to young people, but it is also the way in which they express themselves & find friends & confidantes.” …

• @newblackman Mark Anthony Neal on x

  ‘Most people seem to agree that something should be done to protect kids from what sure looks like an addictive product. But almost no one knows what that something is.’ https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @jithinraj Jithin Raj on x

  Social media does seem uniquely harmful to young people, but it is also the way in which they express themselves and find friends and confidantes. https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @efranz13 Elisa Franzetta Ware on x

  Most people seem to agree that something should be done to protect kids from what sure looks like an addictive product. But almost no one knows what that something is. https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @jaycaspiankang Kang on x

  The civil liberties issues are very obvious. By restricting kids from what has now become not only the ‘town square’ but also the way in which they are informed of and comment on the world, you're violating all sorts of norms and laws https://twitter.com/...

• @jaycaspiankang Kang on x

  The situation we seem to be in is that most parents would probably support some social media restrictions for their kids, but the logistics and the constitutional questions make it basically impossible. They aren't cigarettes; they also aren't public spaces. https://twitter.com/.…

• @mzinshteyn Mikhail Zinshteyn on x

  Adults in Utah responding to the state ID requirement to use social media “will be much less likely to comment on anything, really, because they understand that their real identities have been linked to their accounts,” an ACLU official reasoned. https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @katelyn_csulb Katelyn Nevarez on x

  https://www.newyorker.com/... With growing social platforms, it's important to acknowledge safety precautions with trends. Yet, with cases like banning TikTok, it's also important to allow kids to indulge into their creative/fun sides! It is conflicting, yet important. #BeachSMC

• @varun_jain Varun Jain on x

  Bans can never work. Cigarettes 🚬 did not wane just because of bans. In the next few decades, instead, technology should evolve to make it natural for children to stay away from social media. All things wane, after a suitable amount of time. https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @mepaynl Morgan Pōmaika'i Lee on x

  This does a good job of spelling out how this will actually look (and in doing so, gets into what the ramifications of this will actually mean) https://www.newyorker.com/...

• @jaycaspiankang Kang on x

  Wrote about the case for banning kids from social media and a new law in Utah that will try to do just that. https://www.newyorker.com/...