Just more crap to wade through.
If I want to keep track of things I either subscribe or I put it into a playlist etc

No, social media is a place where people feel they can be a*holes because they are anonymous.

The BEST thing I ever did was to quit it. Social media is all about keeping you there by capturing your attention. The algorithm learns what triggers you to stay there , what give you those endorphins to keep you addicted.

AI based stuff will be even worse.

But just like big tobacco, they are earning enough money to buy themselves protection, to shift blame, all while knowing exactly how much harm they are doing.

Phones too.
I had teens before smart phones, we saw the txt bullying.
We saw the press from all the other teens to have a phone, some had multiple phones (from god knows where) so when their parents "took the phone off them" the carried on regardless.
One of my sons friends went sideways because she got caught up in sexual bullying.

The billionaires KNOW that it's easier to ket kids addicted when they are developing , that dopamine hit, it changes the way the brain functions. They are developing "customers for life". They are no batter than drug dealers giving kids a little bit of weed and growing their dependence from there, customers for life.

They are no different to big tobacco, they knew they product was addictive, caused cancer and lung disease, so they lied, they ran media campaigns about "personal responsibility", there was simply too much money on that table for them to walk away from.

Ahh yes, the proverbial sample of one.
Ever think their was some other issues, dietary (yes different people can react to certain foods)
Hereditary, life sucks, you were just more prone to depression

Maybe your personality was such that at that age, no one liked you

But it has been shown that phones, social media, the internet has significantly increased mental health issues in children.
It has allowed bullying to happen 24/7 and has allowed "dog piling" where others jump onboard because they want to be seen as "cool" and not be outed by the crowd. Its far easier to be a a*hole when you don't have to see the results of your actions.

Oh, and last time I checked, PDFs were not grooming kids via TV.

yes I have.
Its really weird how social media runs about the speed of dial up at my house, the grandkids give up and do other things.
Social media is more harmful than tobacco and alcohol. And like tobacco and alcohol, they KNOW its harmful and just don't care.
Like a drug it triggers the addiction enters of the brain, so lets treat it like an illegal drug and go after the owners.

If you think they are too big...imagine what would happen if the world said "About copyright...14 years seems good to us" , what are you going to do, try and stop countries from getting material... and anything over 14 years is not piracy, not illegal....could be a lot of takers world wide for that.

Some teens will, most won't.

And if push comes to shove, imagine if the 96% of the worlds population said "Hey USA...about copyright, 14 years seems good to us"

PLEASE, get ALL US based social media to go back to the USA.
The world will be far better off for it.

Try /s then
I have raised 4 teens
Never watched Sky News, nor Fox, etc.

Yeah, I call BS on that.
First of all the blocking has not even started, so the can not be the cause.
Secondly I doubt they were big users of social media anyway.
And Melbourne has always had a crime issue.

Make people scared, then offer them the "Solution", and people will hand you their cash.

And the USA has no end of "bad guys" to point to, even though they nt actually any threat.

Reading books, playing sports, visiting friends....all the sort of stuff people did before the internet.

Yes.

Its a tool, its does its job, so zero need to upgrade.

I am far more likely to buy a used/refurbished one than a new one.
And I certainly don't need all the wank features. I have no updated my iPhone 11 to IOS 26 because the liquid glass BS just takes up CPU time etc with zero improvements (and probably detrimental) in use..

My M1 mac mini at works runs OSX26, because it need to for work, but my M3 MBP does not, because 26 pisses me off because of the stupid UI changes (eg the "send" button in mail is not on the top RH corner, rather than the LHS where it has been for a very long time.

I am still on my iPhone 11.
It does everything I need, there is zero need for me to shell out a large sum of money to get a newer one.

If you have one as a fashion item, or something to flash around pretending you are cool/rich.... then Meh to you.

There are far more interesting things to spend my money on, eg upgrading my Lathe, buying a mill, 3D printer etc.

I regularly buy bits and pieces from them, sure some is crap, but a LOT of it is good quality.
There are LOTS of countries where firms are suppliers to the military, including the USA.

So glass houses/stones/etc.

I PAY for proton mail a company whose whole schtick is privacy and security.