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I think this is pretty silly arguments.

People love to say that the war on drugs didn't work, but I for one haven't consumed illegal drugs even though I have been curious at times. Since I haven't spent time with people who regularly break the law I have not been introduced to any element where I could have had access to illegal drugs. So war on drugs has worked at least on me and I live under to illusion that I am somehow unique.

Yes. Of course addicts will addict. If we ban social medias tomorrow some people will still use them or build new ones, but putting any kind of barrier for entry does have an effect. This is why we complain when something is opt-out instead of opt-in since people do the default thing and if default thing is that social medias are illegal then that will deter many if not even most people from using them.



I reiterate my first question: how are you going to enforce it?

Because the war on drugs has a very specific enforcement mechanism: people who take drugs are given criminal records, locked up in prison, and have their future opportunities permanently curtailed.

Is this your plan for an under-18 accessing social media? Do you think a policy of "we're going to help teens with their mental health" is going to accomplish that goal by specifically and overtly destroying it?

And if that's not your plan, then what is it?


Require by law that everyone on social media authenticates their age (maybe also their names, this would be good way to get rid of bots as well). This can be done with government ID or with via your bank or even with requiring social security number when creating an account. Or government can just make a new digital ID system that you have to go and register at whatever place is suitable for this and you can use that ID for anything and everything you need.

And if that doesn't seem to work just fine social media companies say a million dollars per minor per day that minor uses the service. You see enforcement go up fast AF.

Banning all social media is even simpler.


I think anonymous users might call you a slur, but the worst harassment I've seen online has come from people who proudly show their names and faces.


If there was central way to tie together online identities you could ignore/mute them from all platforms at once


1. How would such verification work on foreigners, who have no social security number?

2. How would "social media" be defined if you want to ban it?


1. Who cares, you cant pass laws on foreign countries anyway

2. Anything where you can post based on this "conversation"


Of course it would be the parents getting criminal records and being locked up, not the kids (or whoever enabled access)




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