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Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024
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This will definitely harm children, but I guess it will help more children than the number of children it harms. Still, I think no laws should be created that will cause harm to children.
How can this harm children?
Whenever you take away peoples access to information and social groups, you cause them harm.
Its the same as trying to teach abstinence to children or hiding them from information about drugs. Its better to teach children about sex and drugs so they know what is safe and what is not safe then leaving them in the dark, where they'll end up doing the unsafe things and learn the hard way
Beer is nutricious, but that doesn't mean you should ignore the very damaging effects of alcohol and give it to children. Children should not be on social media unsupervised. Social media isn't a source of information.