Florida ban on kids using social media likely unconstitutional, judge rules
Florida ban on kids using social media likely unconstitutional, judge rules
Judge grants injunction, says Florida law is “extraordinarily blunt instrument.”…
A federal judge ruled today that Florida cannot enforce a law that requires social media platforms to block kids from using their platforms. The state law "is likely unconstitutional," US Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District of Florida ruled while granting the tech industry's request for a preliminary injunction...
They'll reverse the decision when those teens start saying "Stop Genocide" on social media.
100% guaranteed.
I saved a screenshot of this to post when it happens, if you give your permission
Perhaps it would have been smarter to prevent these predatory behaviors from social networks in the first place. Because it is probably constitutionally more sound to ban some behaviors rather than outright ban social networks altogether.
Right. This shouldn't be about restricting children; but rather, this should be about restricting corporation's bad behaviors. It's also not just children that are impacted. Mining online dopamine-junkies for data by placing money extractors right on their weak spots is unethical, like selling someone crack, or phone scamming the elderly.
How weird is it that the left doesn't make these connections and press it when we see people like Zuckerberg standing with Republicans while Republicans push for the laws.
Like what is lacking on the left side to make these really great observations but in meaningful ways?
People on the right seize on these opportunities every time. Within days whatever view they have is shared across multiple countries on multiple sites and influencers. But the left is like a few comments isolated on Lemmy among pictures of Ed Sheeran. We're having fun though. That's what matters.
Weird constitution.
Weird country. More or less the rest of the world discusses to ban children from social media, but the home of social media wants new addicts to protect the income of the platforms?
The main difficulty is defining social media in a way that doesnt restrict other modern communication, education, idea publication, operating a business, shopping, sharing ideas, etc.
Should such laws block Etsy, your family's Nextcloud, a school ran web forum that only students/parents/faculty can access, Crash Course on YouTube, encrypted communication between your family, etc?
The other difficulty is defining the term "children" consistently. Many US states have simple categories that go all the way to 18, if not later.
Should there be a difference in laws for access for toddlers, elementary ages, and adolescents?
If you think these are easy questions, I suggest you look at the dialog around the UK's Online Safety Act where they are having to answer these questions after the fact.
How else are they gonna indoctrinate people to be anti privacy, right wing, anti capitalist…?
it is simply preventing laws from banning a modern bulletin board billboard hybrid tech that teenagers use because it would restrict access to bulletin boards for adults and minors.
The founding fathers intended for kids to use tik tok
Just imagine if the eloquent words of the founding fathers were the norm of the type of content you see on tik tok. If that were the case, I would have joined a long time ago.
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I think it's funny how Republicans keep trying to push forward unconstitutional laws left and right and somehow they're constituents just keep on thinking that this is the right idea
It's because they're Republicans, therefore whatever they do is right.
“We gotta do something about kids on brain rotting social media!”
”but sir, then we can’t scrape data from them!”
”THA CONSTITITUTUION”
Good. Fuck the baby bonus parents who need the government to do their job.