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?
The restricting apps would have been for all of those device types instead of by age to make it simpler and less intrusive.
Regulating smartphones is overkill but honestly would make it a lot simpler and be less invasive.