I don't think age limitation will be even a tiny bit effective. It only takes one person to crack a system and then every kid knows how to get around the limitation.
As long as the current education system has a culture of putting everything on the internet, and making it impossible to participate without internet service, kids will be immersed in "connected" culture and they are going to be over exposed to all the goods and ills on the internet.
The way education is currently conducted is like setting the kids' desks in the center of the largest, most absorbing amusement park in the world and then telling them to focus on their school work.
The critical issue is that the algorithms have aimed at maximum engagement and found that the most addictive things are not good for people's mental state
I think an age ban is good and agree content moderation is ineffective and also prone to capture by ideological censors
Building a dam to turn a tide is one thing but I believe reversing the flow is the real answer, with a social media well being tax shift. Platforms should simply be taxed according to the self reported well being of their users, with equivalent credits going to the best performing platforms
When gaining 1% more revenue through serving negatively addicting content means a larger increase in tax loss to competitors the entire algorithm may change its flow fundamentally
I don't think age limitation will be even a tiny bit effective. It only takes one person to crack a system and then every kid knows how to get around the limitation.
As long as the current education system has a culture of putting everything on the internet, and making it impossible to participate without internet service, kids will be immersed in "connected" culture and they are going to be over exposed to all the goods and ills on the internet.
The way education is currently conducted is like setting the kids' desks in the center of the largest, most absorbing amusement park in the world and then telling them to focus on their school work.
The critical issue is that the algorithms have aimed at maximum engagement and found that the most addictive things are not good for people's mental state
I think an age ban is good and agree content moderation is ineffective and also prone to capture by ideological censors
Building a dam to turn a tide is one thing but I believe reversing the flow is the real answer, with a social media well being tax shift. Platforms should simply be taxed according to the self reported well being of their users, with equivalent credits going to the best performing platforms
When gaining 1% more revenue through serving negatively addicting content means a larger increase in tax loss to competitors the entire algorithm may change its flow fundamentally