It’s technically impossible, so a pretty pointless discussion.
And it’s dangerous too. Even if they legislated them off the major platforms, there’s a million other ways to communicate online. Hundreds of DMs, talkers, games, live chats, streams, even IRC still exists. And pushing them into the darker corners makes it far more likely for them to be exposed to coercive and controlling types. Extremism, child abuse, bullying, suicide encouragement and so on.
Telling 15 year-olds what to do famously always works.
By that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.
Teenagers do all those things constantly.
They do those things to some degree, but those things remain banned for under 18s, which I suppose reduces harm, even if it doesn’t fully eliminate harm.
Lmao maybe they should wait and see how Australian ban later this year turns out to be because it’s looking like an absolute clown show rn.
I’m not against this. I genuinely believe social media is damaging to young people (well… I believe it’s damaging to us all, but if adults want to then it’s their choice).
However, I don’t see how this could be realistically enforced.