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You're acting as if they're banning the Internet for U16, they're not, it's just social media (and not even YouTube, and probably not something like reddit either, at least for viewing).

How many things did you actually learn from Facebook? I'm guessing not a lot.

The problem with banning specific features etc is that it will most likely just leave giant loopholes and will be extremely hard to actually enforce.

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> The problem with banning specific features etc is that it will most likely just leave giant loopholes and will be extremely hard to actually enforce.

I invite you to read the Bill^WAct and look at how it defines an "age-restricted social media platform".

Not thrilled by the definition, but still think a more general ban is better than trying to ban specific features, but I would probably just ban account creation for U16 - seems like the "cleanest" solution.

I think it will also bring major positive side effects to the web - social media sites will be forced to open up their walled gardens and smaller sites might thrive again.

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