‘We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s

kissu: > Nobody cares. Well, I actually think it’s a problem they’re trying to solve but don’t know how. Or they do know, but they don’t have the courage (or the sovereignty) to do it. kissu: > Still waiting for the lobbies to be broken apart and governments to forbid smoking yes. > Oh wait, it’s legal and advertised? I guess it’s good for kids too? I would also love for it to be banned. kissu: > Defeated the boss with basic logic in 5s What “boss”? I don’t know what you’re talking about. kissu: > Education/being knowledgeable is the antidote to fear, maybe? Who’s going to give them the education? The same adults who are equally or more sick than the adolescent children? I don’t know if you know many others with a lot of knowledge about privacy and computing, but we’re four geeks So the problem remains. You talk about education as if adults were educated or, rather, well-educated in political, historical, computing matters, etc., when… let me tell you that’s not the case. So I think we’d do well to think about this whole “educating” thing. Trump became president for a second time in the USA despite supposedly having one of the most educated populations in the world. What happened? Ah, I think social media has something to do with it. Finally, you can keep your sarcasm to yourself. I find it a bit ridiculous to have to debate like this. wobbly432: > In short, when you don’t know a subject, read Wikipedia before posting… Wow! What civility we have here! When some people disagree with your opinion you resort to mockery and dismissiveness. I thought we could debate something but fine. If you want I’ll give you the point, you’ve won.