Geopolitics
The Age-Gated Fallacy: How Western Social Media Bans Fail the Youth and the Global South
Governments from Australia to France are instituting age-based bans on social media for minors, viewing it as a solution to rising youth mental health issues and algorithm-driven addiction. This simplistic, age-gated approach is a superficial Western fix that ignores the core issue of predatory platform design and the civilizational duty to empower, not just shield, our youth through education and systemic reform.
