‘I’ve become significantly more cautious’: six parents on limiting their kids’ social media and AI use
A growing number of parents are actively restricting their children's access to social media and AI tools, citing distrust of tech companies and concerns about addictive design. Their skepticism aligns with regulators who have accused platforms like Meta of deliberately engineering products that hook younger users.
Why this matters: Parents are doing their own risk management because they do not believe companies are being straight with them. That is a meaningful shift. For years, platforms said the research was unclear and the risks were overstated. Fewer people are buying that now. The practical result is families setting their own rules in the absence of reliable information or enforceable standards. That is a reasonable response, but it means the burden lands on individual parents rather than on the companies that built the products.
Who should care: Lawyers · Compliance · General readers · AI governance · Policy
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