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?


Same as always, better patenting.
My three boys don’t have filters on the internet, instead of blocking them from the world, I raised them in it.
Would you feel differently if you had a daughter who developed body image issues from instagram?