[hackable_sand]

Despots are happy to have uninformed youth who cannot organize globally.

[elevation]

Social media inanities are exactly how we prevent youth from becoming informed.

[alphawhisky]

Being informed of what? Whatever their dad tells them? Although the pitfalls of social media are many, the answer lies with regulation and moderation, not banning a significant portion of the population from them. The diversity of perspective and opinion is what allows people to gain the exposure needed to develop informed opinions. What blows my mind is that governments have the world's biggest media market makers by the throat and they refuse to force regulation. If they removed AI, made the algos public/modifiable, and actually moderated content for age restricted stuff this wouldn't be an issue.