Thread by @shellenberger

I am concerned about the impact of social media on children, but this bill is a Trojan horse to create digital IDs, which is a giant leap into the totalitarian dystopia depicted in "Black Mirror," and already in place in China. And @AlboMP has proven censorial and untrustworthy.

Spot on:

Very concerning

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There's a wonderful growing "Phone-Free Schools Movement" that reduces use of phones and is an obvious first step to reducing social media usage.

phonefreeschoolsmovement.org

Here are other things parents can do to reduce social media usage

harvardpublichealth.org/mental-health/…

Nice to see @communitynotes is doing its job. This is what real fact-checking looks like.

Censorship doesn't correct misinformation. Only accurate information, made possible by freedom of speech, does that!