Should have been recognized and addressed a decade or more ago.
Nope. Sorry, but the government schools have no standing here.
As much as I support the end of indoctrinating children via Social Media, the school house is not the place to start.
Besides - government schools indoctrinate children in far worse ways than Social Media.
Interesting.
Social media should make it 18+. But how will they verify? Everyone has to use their credit card. Elon Musk said you have to pay $1 to tweet. Not a bad idea.
No tik toc?
“Social media companies have allegedly contributed to a mental health crisis among Carroll County students and caused eating disorders, cyberbullying, depression and anxiety among other issues.”
So why don’t parents lay down the law as to what and how long their kiddos spend on “social media” aka “antisocial media”?
I can’t stand social media, but I find it hard to believe that social media could cause an otherwise healthy and happy child to commit suicide or develop an eating disorder. That sounds dangerously close to the liberal “logic” that blames our First Amendment rights of free speech for the suicide of trans kids.
I would suggest that parents monitor their children's activities more closely.
“The Carroll County Board of Education unanimously voted April 12 to join other Maryland school districts in a lawsuit against social media companies that claims the companies knowingly caused harm to students.”
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“In a 183-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland on Tuesday, lawyers for the Frederick school district argued the companies had intentionally designed their apps to be addictive and marketed them to children, who are “uniquely susceptible” to manipulation”
Uh huh. This from the same school district that encourages brainwashing the kids into transgenderism and keeping it secret from the parents?
Parents’ rights group considering legal action over FCPS gender
Marxists transfering the wealth and destroying the means of earning money.
The social media companies can counter sue the schools for a failure to educate the indoctrinated little communists.
Government has the addiction, spending more and more money. Eventually they can’t raise taxes more so they have to find another way to feed the addiction.