Comment by theodric

I'm happy to see the IEEE talking about this, and to see the topic getting attention in the technical press. The problem is, I think (for the most part) that technical people already Get It. Who we need to convince are average, non-technical voters who don't know, don't understand, think it's a good thing, or would happily jump feet-first into a wood chipper if someone told them it would protect the children.

I also suspect that social media has damaging effects on kids, and they probably shouldn't have access to it, but not like this. I'd probably be quicker to support something like saying that individuals <18 aren't allowed to buy or possess a phone or tablet that has access to an app store or web browser, and only offers voice- and text-based communications channels. Ok, so now it all happens on a laptop? What's "a tablet?" Is a Chromebook a tablet? It's fucking impossible.