With a strong conviction that an Instagram app designed for children under the age of 13 could be detrimental to the health of young users, more than 40 state attorneys general signed a letter addressed to Mark Zuckerberg urging Facebook “to abandon these plans.”
Please take a few minutes to read this letter so that you can fully appreciate the questions I’m about to ask.
Gen Z kids have been born into a 100 percent digital world. Why would anyone want to stop them from learning to navigate the world they have been born into?
Why don’t the attorneys general trust parents to “parent” their own children?
Is this just about Facebook? Asked differently, if a trusted, beloved, family brand (Disney, Sesame Street, etc.) were to offer an Instagram clone reimagined and redesigned for children under the age of 13, would this letter have been written?
Do the points made in this letter (along with the research cited) help build a case for banning social media for adults as well?
I welcome your thoughts and comments.
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