COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government on Friday announced a political agreement to ban access to social media for anyone aged under 15.
The move, led by the Ministry of Digitalization, would set the age limit for access to social media but give some parents — after a specific assessment — the right to give consent to let their children access social media from age 13.
Such a measure would be among the most sweeping steps yet by a European government to address concerns about the use of social media among teens and younger children.
Dumb idea, banning something for kids just makes it cooler.
Also a dumb idea because we will just get outsmarted by kids evading these bans faster than we make them, and the end result will be wherever kids will go as an alternative (digital or not) will just be more opaque to adults who genuinely care and want the best for kids.
Let’s ban education then.
I mean, that goes against my principles, but make no mistake that would make education cool and edgey with kids like nothing else.