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The proposed social media ban, the EU KIDS Act, is perhaps the most chaotic law I have ever read! New paper: Are EU Kidding Me? Notes from a Poorly Drafted Social Media Ban. files.michae.lv/papers/veale_areEUkiddingme.pdf In the spirit of the proposal I have stayed offline and read no takes.

Oh dear

‘hold my schooner’

i also don't have linkedin (no law needed, i can deny myself an account at all ages) so anyone who wants to post this there is more than welcome to...

Also it bans social media but kids talking to general-purpose chatbots all day is a-okay apparently even though there's at least some evidence that they lead to negative educational outcomes. Like this law probably falls on the principle of equal treatment alone.

it also exempts any chatbots that claim to be educational, whether or not provided by a school

That too, but I'm not really in favor of restricting certain educational AI services TBH. AI models have (with some external help of course) become very good at doing and explaining math which some kids find super helpful. But they probably shouldn't be writing essays for them.

Is it possible to read this paper without pulling out all my hair? I'm already very mad at the EU Kids Act, I'm worried about getting even more mad

no it is impossible i am the author and i have no hair left

i will do a zero knowledge proof and show you