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I am in New Zealand and we are debating this now

I am a dissenter. A ban for children is onerous and how can it be enforced? Who will be punished for infractions?

Better a legal code of conduct for platforms that want to raise revenue in your jurisdiction (the important ones, that the state has leverage over). The code should do two things:

1. Prohibit the targeting of individuals below 21

2. Mandate moderation of spaces where young people gather, with resources to enforce it

A ban is much more satisfying to the do goobers and much worse for those it is supposed to protect



how would you effect what you propose, though, and would such be significantly more difficult to realize than what denmark is proposing?


It would place the compliance burden on social media companies not on parents

Effect it? If you (a social media co.) disobey you cannot collect ad revenue. Advertising on the platform could be banned.

Moving the burden off individual parents who often have a lot on their plates.




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