""Children today are living through the largest social experiment in history. For years, kids around the world have been given unfiltered access to social media platforms. The companies building these platforms gave insufficient forethought about the consequences, the worst of which include exposing them to unknown strangers and fueling screen addictions.""
""Social media is designed to 'maximize view time' of kids and pays little attention to their actual well-being. Ready likens the tech CEOs of today to the tobacco industry executives of decades ago.""
""When Pinterest removed social features for teens and made every account under 16 private...people said we'd lose the next generation of users, but that did not happen.""
The Australian government's social media ban for children under 16 has prompted global interest in similar measures. Pinterest CEO Bill Ready supports these bans, stating that children face significant risks from unfiltered social media access. He cites issues like rising anxiety, depression, and diminished concentration as consequences of social media exposure. Ready criticizes tech companies for prioritizing engagement over child safety. Despite Pinterest's policy allowing users from age 13, the platform has removed social features for users under 16, which did not negatively impact user engagement.
Read at Mashable
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