Would you say the same about the warning label that fashes when you open up Pokemon Go? Or Lanier’s book about why you should delete your social media accounts? I’ve cited some of the reasons in the book to my friends when getting them to come to Nostr lol
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
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