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The US Surgeon General has decided that social media needs warning labels similar to the parental warnings about explicit music in the 90’s… This is a moral panic which has no basis in science.

nostr:npub1f4faufazfl4cf43c893wx5ppnlqfu4evy2shc4p9gknfe56mqelsc5f7ql has two great articles, one digging in to why warning labels on social media is a terrible idea.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-surgeon-general-is-wrong-social-media-doesnt-need-warning-labels

And then another on why Jonathan Haidt’s new book “The Anxious Generation” blames youth mental health issues on social media in a way that’s easy, wrong, and dangerous.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-coddling-of-the-american-parent

ManiMe 1y ago

End of the day, hyperbole aside, they are targeting algos. Specifically (here’s the dangerous part) lack of choice about algos. This is Nostr’s argument also.

Now “freedom tech” doesn’t have a voice yet to push back, and even if it did, freedom itself is tainted by moral panic … so chances are that “freedom to choose” won’t make it into any law… but if it did. Nostr wins.

I’m not saying more laws are better … but if this fear mongering moral panic gets traction, then Nostr (and freedom tech) might have a chance to come out on top.

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