I’m asking for public policy ideas here. A lot of countries are enacting age verification now. But of course this is a privacy nightmare and is ripe for abuse. At the same time though, I also understand why people are concerned with how kids are using social media. These products are designed to be addictive and are known to cause body image issues and so forth. So what’s the middle ground? How can we protect kids from the harms of social media in a way that respects everyone’s privacy?


I have no answers at this time, but THIS IS THE CORRECT QUESTION
Maybe sidestep this by asking more questions.
Why do kids use social media? What do they get from it? What could it be replaced by that’s positive? What is social media?
That sort of thing.