This measure is due to experts’ concern about the addiction and capacity to generate depression and anxiety that the different platforms have in society.
Amid growing concern about the negative effects of social networksespecially in the Mental health and misinformation, United States is considering various regulatory measures.
He general surgeon Vivek Murthy proposes labels tobacco-like warning to raise awareness of risks.
However, experts like Jared Watson doubt its effectiveness among regular users. At the state level, Florida and New York They are moving forward with laws to protect minors, limiting access and controlling the platforms’ recommendation algorithm.
USA: they prepare proposals to limit the influence of networks
Meanwhile, proposals such as separating the functions of social applications are challenging the business model of giants such as Goal and the ambitions of Elon Musk with X as a super app.
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Someone who drinks alcohol regularly does not evaluate the warning label on that product,” explained Watson and added that the This measure does have the “potential” to generate concern among parents about the effects that networks could have on their children, as specified in dialogue with EFE.
And he added: “Make sure that each social network has a very specific purpose and is different. That is, at the very least, one application is used to find out what is happening in the lives of friends, another when you want to buy something second-hand and another when you want to find a romantic date.”
Source: Ambito
