Florida bans kids from using social media
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Glad that Florida is proposing this law. It is obviously a priority issue there. Several here agree with it. Perhaps if I lived in Florida, I too would support it. But I don’t live in Florida. So what I have to say about a proposed law in Florida is of no consequence. I am happy with that being the case.
I just don’t want to see the local g’vt here follow suit with a similar law.
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BTW, the law in Florida received bipartisan support.
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@Jolly said in Florida bans kids from using social media:
BTW, the law in Florida received bipartisan support.
Much of what DeSantis has done in Florida has had Bipartisan support. Shhhhhhh….
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I still don't think that legislation is the best solution, and is mostly grandstanding.
There has been a long history of out-of-touch politicians trying to control things they don't understand when it comes to technology, particularly relating to the young.
Admittedly, I'm pretty out-of-touch myself at this point so maybe I'm completely wrong about this, which would definitely be a first.
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I'm ok with this even if it doesn't work. What we need is a cultural shift against smartphones / social media for kids. This is one front.
The goal is to get enough parents to take smartphones away from kids, then for schools to follow that with no-smartphone in class policies.
No individual measure has to be completely effective.
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I’m planning on getting Finley a flip phone as a teen when he needs one for phone calls. That’s it.
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I’m planning on getting Finley a flip phone as a teen when he needs one for phone calls. That’s it.
@LuFins-Dad said in Florida bans kids from using social media:
I’m planning on getting Finley a flip phone as a teen when he needs one for phone calls. That’s it.
By the time he's a teen it's just possible they might be cool again
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I'm ok with this even if it doesn't work. What we need is a cultural shift against smartphones / social media for kids. This is one front.
The goal is to get enough parents to take smartphones away from kids, then for schools to follow that with no-smartphone in class policies.
No individual measure has to be completely effective.
@xenon said in Florida bans kids from using social media:
I'm ok with this even if it doesn't work. What we need is a cultural shift against smartphones / social media for kids. This is one front.
The goal is to get enough parents to take smartphones away from kids, then for schools to follow that with no-smartphone in class policies.
No individual measure has to be completely effective.
There was a ‘wait until 8th’ movement here trying to get patents to not give smart phones until 8th grade. We held out until 7th.
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I don't think we gave ours a smart phone until they were in High School, maybe even until they were sophomores or juniors, but I can't remember for sure
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Kind of like Aqua said, China controls kids time on computers, social media, games etc. They require uploading an official ID to sign up for an app, use facial recognition, etc. to identify users quite quickly. Ther are also huge fines for the gaming companies, social media companies if they break this rule.
In addition, the equivalant of Tik Tok bans "prank" videos, or even those that are taken in entertainment places where kids should not be (karaoke parlors, dance clubs, etc.)
