How do they even define “social media”? Do they just ban kids from participating in society using electronic communications? Or maintain a stoplist “here’s what we consider to be social media”? Or what?

I mean, sure, prime examples of what is colloquially called “social media” is crapware. I do get the intent.

But I wonder what sort of unintended, unplanned, odd and potentially even socially harmful consequences it would possibly have.

Australia enacted this through a stoplist, but also appears to require self-assessment by the services themselves.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/industry-regulation/soci...