> With video games, the online tech communities rallied against any legislation and wrote volumes about how kids were smart enough to manage themselves and not let violent video games influence their thinking.
Because there is no evidence for this. In cases where there is, like in lootboxes, we see a push for legislation.
We have enough evidence to at least build correlation between social media use and decline of mental health. This doesn't call for banning or legislating the business to oblivion, but for talks in the society. We need to talk about social media use, our representatives have to discuss measures with the scientific community and promote research so that they can legislate based on data.
One thing is for certain, what we have now is unacceptable. What we will build in the future is up for debate and should be debated.
Because there is no evidence for this. In cases where there is, like in lootboxes, we see a push for legislation.
We have enough evidence to at least build correlation between social media use and decline of mental health. This doesn't call for banning or legislating the business to oblivion, but for talks in the society. We need to talk about social media use, our representatives have to discuss measures with the scientific community and promote research so that they can legislate based on data.
One thing is for certain, what we have now is unacceptable. What we will build in the future is up for debate and should be debated.