Jul 6, 2026, 12:04 PMI have a feeling big tech will use any argument to broaden the legislation to include everybody to further stall.
At the same time, while I'm all for not blaming victims, people should also know that SoMe is bad for you by now – heck, most spend a lot of time complaining about doom-scrolling and hell-sites. It's almost as prevalent as knowing smoking is bad. At some point we have to accept people doing dumb things to themselves and that no amount of labeling will help.
That doesn't mean people shouldn't have tools and information necessary to stop themselves, just like you can put yourself on a gambling blacklist in many places.
At the same time, while I'm all for not blaming victims, people should also know that SoMe is bad for you by now – heck, most spend a lot of time complaining about doom-scrolling and hell-sites. It's almost as prevalent as knowing smoking is bad. At some point we have to accept people doing dumb things to themselves and that no amount of labeling will help.
That doesn't mean people shouldn't have tools and information necessary to stop themselves, just like you can put yourself on a gambling blacklist in many places.