Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦1d ago
Estonia is correct. The responsibility to keep children safe falls on adults and platform operators, not on the kids. If social media isn't safe for children, it's not safe for adults either, because the safety this is about isn't about the content, but of what the platforms do with our data.
https://thenextweb.com/news/estonia-eu-child-social-media-ban-opposition
Estonia is the rare EU country opposing bans on children’s social media use

In short: Estonia and Belgium are the only two EU member states to have declined the Jutland Declaration, an October 2025 pan-European commitment to restrict children’s access to social media. Estonia’s ministers argue that age-based bans are unenforceable, that children will find ways around them, and that the correct approach is to enforce the GDPR against […]

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Show threadMarc 🐷🌏1d ago

@osma
Don't agree. Many parents don't care.

Governments don't allow children to smoke, so why not put a ban on SM for children?

Show threadel Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦1d ago
@marc_eu @osma
smoking is not safe for adults either.
Show threadJohann z. Baag (ej af Puss-B.)

@elCelio Indeed. And at least in Finland, the idea is that we want to ban smoking altogether. Slowly we make it more and more difficult for companies to market and sell smoking products, because we know they are not good for anyone.

Not so with social media. It’s good for anyone to connect with other people. We just want to remove the exploitation.

@marc_eu @osma

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Show threadel Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦1d ago

@zenfin @marc_eu @osma

social media is the new global town square.

how much should it be controlled and regulated by private corporations?

Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦1d ago

RE: https://mas.to/@osma/116095472833326752

The editorial control by a corporation is what defines media, including social media. Nothing that is controlled by a private corporation can be a "town square", never mind a global one.
@elCelio @zenfin @marc_eu

Show threadel Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦1d ago
@osma @zenfin @marc_eu
yes, this is my point.