Summary

Age gates can be staggeringly counterproductive, pushing kids to darker corners of the web. Closing loopholes will only make things worse. Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined Australia in restricting minors from accessing social media—barring children under 15 from major platforms, before the ban was blocked by the country’s top court on human rights grounds.

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