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Polling shows that social media bans are overwhelmingly popular. This article is for canada but it holds true for the US. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/01/majority-of-americans-support-banning-social-media-for-kids-under-16/

Just wanted to share because I've seen people act like it's some anti-democratic conspiracy that these (bad) laws are going into place.

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[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

The statistics appear to originate from from this pseudo study. All of the questions related to supposed "protection of children", are framed within this context, without concretely considering the possible downsides; which strongly biases participants' views. I also like how it typically reduces ages 18-54 to a single bracket (while statistics on page 18, demonstrating a trend of younger respondents, responding with reduced strength), and especially how it doesn't consider minors to be Canadians (18- being asked absolutely nothing, at all...).

[–] scratchee@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Makes me think of the classic yes minister national service scene, https://youtu.be/ahgjEjJkZks

[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Excellent video, and very applicable indeed! :)

[–] mynameisbob@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

nice... putting that in my pocket

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