banning young people from social media will severely stunt their social development in the modern world and put them at a severe competitive disadvantage in the global economy. it will also eliminate a means for them to organize against state institutions, in order to demonstrate against government policies that they can't vote against, in addition to it being petty and draconian and tyrannical. it's a severe attack on the democratic, social, economic and political rights of young people.

there is no scientific evidence at all whatsoever that social media causes anything it's being scapegoated for. this fear of social media is a classic moral panic rooted in conservative ignorance that should be resisted by all liberals and all socialists and everybody else on the left. rising conservative technophobia is a serious social problem that needs to be addressed and resisted.

i would rather see a focus on root causes than an attack on symptoms, which would mean a ban on video games, a dramatic change in culture around competitive activities like sports and a crack down on drug use and drug culture.