How social media bans can work
There's no evidence social media bans protect kids online. But now that we're here, here are three steps to make the best of a bad situation.
IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and will be speaking on this panel about trust in digital services at the IAPP/Harvard Navigate conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire this week. If anyone is around in Boston on June 25, drop me a line here to grab coffee.
— The United Kingdom became the latest country to propose a social media ban for children. If others follow suit, this is how such bans should actually work.
— One of Europe's top courts just blew a hole in liability protections for online platforms. It's the second time judges have upended this decades-old precedent in recent months.
— Digital industries added $18 trillion in market value over the last three years.
Let's get started: