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I'm afraid this reads like "we've not 100% proved that smoking causes cancer, so ..." Is the science 100% settled? No. Is this the best possible way to regulat
by red_admiral 16d ago
I'm afraid this reads like "we've not 100% proved that smoking causes cancer, so ..."
Is the science 100% settled? No. Is this the best possible way to regulate this? No. But it's sure better than the current state of things.
"laws such as A.B. 1709, as passed by the legislature, function as a ban on social media use for people under the age of 16"
That's not my reading of the bill, specifically 22683. (a) (2) on https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1709 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml...
"This subdivision does not prohibit a covered platform from permitting a user who is under 16 years of age to create or maintain an account on the covered platform if that user is not provided with any addictive feature"
They just need to take out the endless autoplaying shorts and other features that are, honestly, annoying in the first place. The main thing I would change here is that even adults must be provided with a setting to opt out of addictive features.
Would it destroy TikTok's business model? Maybe; maybe that's even a good thing.
- akersten 16d agoNo, sometimes doing something really is worse than doing nothing.
- iamnothere 16d agoYour right to make a website with annoying and addictive features is part of your freedom of speech, guaranteed by the first amendment. Can’t ban it, and if the courts were to allow such a ban then it would be a very worrying precedent. Just ban targeted advertising, under the grounds of regulation of interstate commerce.