Germany Moves Closer to a Social Media Ban for Those Under 16(www.bloomberg.com)

21 pointsby 1vuio0pswjnm75 hours ago3 comments

general14652 hours ago
I can see fragmentation of social media landscape, because children and teenagers will want to have their socials anyway so they will start using smaller and smaller providers or they will be forced to create their own microsocial networks.
It might be a business opportunity to have something ready and then sell teens white label application for small fee of server hosting. Or they can go even further and have it P2P decentralized like bitchat.
- wasmainiac43 minutes ago
  > It might be a business opportunity to have something ready and then sell teens white label application for small fee of server hosting.
  Jeez, you know we want our children to get away from this crap to begin with. Many parents are talking about reducing their kids social media exposure and want more friction to access.
  You sound like the school yard drug dealer.
victorbjorklund4 hours ago
wild you will be able to drink alcohol before you can have a YouTube account.
- travisporter2 hours ago
  comment made me think! I'm old so this was true since youtube didn't get big until i was in my 30s, so maybe it is a good thing :)
- letier2 hours ago
  You need to be 16 to drink beer or wine, so you will be able to do both at the same age.
  - loopback_devicean hour ago
    14, if you're with a parent / old enough sibling / legal guardian, and they consent to it.
- squirrel63 hours ago
  Or this kind of regulatory pressure will cause these businesses to stop adding social media functionality into their scope
5876876463437673 hours ago
Can't allow dissenters to be anonymous in a failed state.