The Florida legislation is symbolic bullshit signed into law by the neo-con bush-era loving DeSantus. I think it amounts to an "I am over x age" checkbox on sites.

The real dangerous of these legislation is implementing government digital ID. That could effectively shut down smaller forums and fedi instances depending on how it's implemented in law.

When adults talk about how bad social media is for kids, my response is always, "Kids? It's bad for adults!!" I deleted my FB/Twitter/Insta three years ago ... and I'm still addicted to fedi and I know that's not good either 😅

I am really against government enforcement here. Parents need to do the enforcing, and why not lead by example too? Delete your social network. Yea it's difficult, and you gotta be the communication pin in text message groups for school events and sports teams if you're an involved parent. But other parents may follow your lead and do the same!

And to say "well kids will just use social media and/or see porn anyway. " .. it still makes a difference if they see you don't like it! They may do it anyway, but they will always think "Mom and dad find this wrong. meh..." and they will do it knowing the adults they trust have moral issues. That does make a meaningful impact mentally in the long run.