[HN Gopher] New York Establishes Stringent Protections to Safegu...
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       New York Establishes Stringent Protections to Safeguard Kids on
       Social Media
        
       Author : ChrisArchitect
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-06-20 21:21 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.governor.ny.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.governor.ny.gov)
        
       | tastyfreeze wrote:
       | Government has declared parents redundant and unnecessary in
       | child rearing. Tune in at 10 to learn how to live a
       | responsibility free life.
        
       | Spivak wrote:
       | There really seems to be no reason whatsoever these protections
       | shouldn't be extended to people over 18. You don't have to check
       | ages that way and the feature has to be there regardless. Also
       | the "after midnight" rule is silly -- not bad, just silly.
       | Otherwise good law. A law to "protect the kids" that's actually
       | good? Unheard of.
       | 
       | I wonder how sites will handle content discovery that doesn't run
       | afoul of the law. Like completely seriously Discover Weekly on
       | Spotify sounds like it will have to be age gated since Spotify is
       | technically a social network.
        
         | zeroCalories wrote:
         | Bro just stop using the feeds. You're an adult. Kids on the
         | other hand should just be banned from social media. I don't
         | want adult spaces to be molded around children.
        
           | Spivak wrote:
           | Girl, a law that mandates you be able to turn off the feeds
           | in favor of chronological _is_ stopping using the feeds.
           | 
           | Also lol at "you're an adult" like that's how addiction
           | works. Just get more willpower bro. There's a reason you have
           | the option to ban yourself from casinos and the option to do
           | so is mandated by law.
        
           | vaidhy wrote:
           | It is not that simple.. Adults can also get addicted the same
           | way and their crash radius is also larger. Unless we have a
           | good way to either hold the platforms or the posters
           | accountable, we are developing into a meme-driven society.
        
       | SirensOfTitan wrote:
       | To be perfectly honest, I'm extremely conflicted with this kind
       | of legislation--natural physical social interactions have all but
       | atrophied in huge swaths of American youth, and social media is
       | the way kids ultimately communicate. I don't think that limiting
       | social media exposure will somehow restore in-person physical
       | interaction, and it could just prove to atomize and isolate kids
       | even more than they ultimately are. It is very typical that the
       | state wields the law like a hammer and doesn't consider the
       | blowback--they should be thinking about how to restore real in-
       | person intimate relationships amongst children.
        
         | swatcoder wrote:
         | [delayed]
        
         | drivebyhooting wrote:
         | I was at a pizza place and saw a group of 6 or more teenagers
         | sitting together. They were all on their phones with the
         | personification of ennui upon their faces.
         | 
         | Just an anecdote.
        
       | ysofunny wrote:
       | > _" or unless doing so is strictly necessary for the purpose of
       | the website. "_
       | 
       | so this legislation is active unless the website needs it...
       | toothless legislation, looks like a classic market capture law
        
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