Utah governor signs new laws requiring parental consent for under–18s to use social media.
I mean, this is both insane…and also kinda reasonable?
I don’t love the idea of the state getting between us and the internet. But social media is absolutely designed to be addictive. The state steps in between young people and cigarettes, young people and alcohol, young people and drugs. Is social media any different? And haven’t we proven that social media in its current form is more destructive to mental health as most of those things?