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?
Punishing parents for giving their kids access to social media is one way, maybe only dumb phone for kids?
Mandatory education about safety for children on the jobs and the midia is a good one.
I would go as far to forbid children photos on the internet/social media, so AI Porn and Pedophiles would not be interested anymore eventually.
And all of this has to be state policy (not goverment policy), because government changes from time to time.