Yhn LifeParenting first seen 1 d ago, last 38 min ago, peak #4

Kids outsmarting social media bans may not be a problem

Original: Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That's not a problem we need to solve

An MIT Technology Review argument says children are routinely bypassing national and platform-level social media bans, from workarounds like VPNs and borrowed accounts, and contends this should not be treated as a crisis to fix. The piece pushes back on efforts to tighten enforcement, suggesting kids' evasion reflects reasonable skepticism of blanket restrictions rather than a harm regulators must eliminate.

Why now: Governments are rolling out or debating under-16 social media bans, and this contrarian take is drawing attention.

MIT Technology Reviewchildren and teenagers

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• Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That's not a problem we need to solve · joozio · 38

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