@evacide fuck yeah!

@Schouten_B @mhoye Don't mind me, I've just been drilled hard to always report sources of bias ..

@Schouten_B @mhoye Imo, the scientific basis for a ban is weak. If we imagine that this was the meta analysis of studies on a drug, I probably wouldn't want to take it.

I'm not against an age limit per se if a clearer scientific consensus emerges, and the technical solutions are actually privacy preserving. I do have to admit that I'm biased, since I was once a young woman on social media, and it helped me tremendously.

@Schouten_B @mhoye I found this meta-analysis of 60 peer-reviewed studies, and the results look pretty heterogenous. There clearly isn't a scientific consensus on this, so I don't think we know enough to legislate it. If child protection is the actual goal.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291125005212

@Schouten_B @mhoye are there actually any studies that establish a causal relationship between internet access and worsening mental health? Afaik the direction is the opposite, mental health issues shape internet usage