Comment on UK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16s

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  exactly

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• SleafordMod@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  By that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.

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  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Teenagers do all those things constantly.

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    • SleafordMod@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      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.

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