People have been talking about social media bans for quite some time, this isn't something that just showed up out of the blue. It's a problem that's been worsening for years.

Then you had the Covid years where kids ended up spending a lot of time on phones and tablets, hence social media, and everyone is seeing the myriad of problems coming out of it.

Sometimes it's not a vast global conspiracy, sometimes things just suck. Also, sometimes things suck and particular groups use it to get their way, that still doesn't diminish the thing that sucks.

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bfivyvysj a day ago | parent [-]

Nah, this doesn't pass the sniff test. Anyone saying otherwise wasn't paying attention.

	▲	intended 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It passes the sniff test, it’s just that you weren’t informed or were aware of the build up of issues over the past decade. There’s known issues with bullying, grooming, to mental hygiene issues like screen addiction and poor focus. Hell, these are the first generations which have lower educational attainment than its predecessors. It’s been reported on over and over again. It’s a cost center so no one cares about it.