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I saw this article, which made me think about it...

Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes world-first laws


Seeing what kind of brainrot kids are watching, makes me think it's a good idea. I wouldn't say all content is bad, but most kids will get hooked on trash content that is intentionally designed to grab their attention.

What would be an effective way to enforce a restriction with the fewest possible side effects? And who should be the one enforcing that restriction in your opinion?

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[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How does someone advance to "rationally thinking" without receiving education?

I don't disagree that habits picked up in childhood are more difficult to break. But I don't think it's a problem exclusively for children either.

Many of us are growing up with parents and grandparents with brainrot. And sure, maybe they would have been more susceptible as kids if the technology existed then. But we all would be better off with decent digital and media literacy.

Plus, who's giving the kids these devices anyway? It's usually the parents - who have been raised not to talk to strangers- giving their kids unfettered access to all the strangers of the world

[–] lukstru@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Learning how to rationally think and learning to identify „self destroying“ patterns and how to avoid them are two different things imo. You need one for the other.