I think the difference about the social media moral panic if you want to call it that is it’s about form not content.

I think there are plenty of adults who think maybe there are certain types of social media patterns that should be banned outright.

It’s not whack a mole - I _want_ my kid to engage with a replacement technology like gaming. I’m not worried about my kid playing GTA vi all day. I’m not worried about content. I’m not even really worried about Andrew Tate. I’m worried about the specific way mindless algorithmic applications mimic cigarettes more than “satanic heavy metal rock concerts”

My kid needs more satan in his life! And less growth hacker.

It's not about content. Modern games have similar addictive traits, and they even admit it. Stuff like loot crates, custom skins, pay to unlock stuff early, etc. Even things like "seasons" and rank resets because without them "engagement was dropping".