Ben Shapiro

I decide what TV shows they watch.

They're not allowed on social media.

They do not have interactive capability on social media or anything like this.

So this issue is kind of a sticky wicket because, of course, social media companies are responsible for part of the problem because, again, dopamine response.

And yes, parents are responsible for the problem.

So here's the actual solution.

The actual solution here is not gigantic lawsuits.

It's not.

The actual solution is, yes, governmental legislation banning social media for kids under 18, period.

That is the thing we should be doing.

It's what lots of countries are doing right now, and they are correct to do it.

Users should have to register as over 18.

Companies that don't do it should be held legally accountable.

I mean, again, if we're going to actually carry this analogy all the way through, if we're going to treat social media like tobacco or alcohol, then the answer wasn't to sue tobacco companies for kids smoking.

It was to ban kids from smoking.

And the same is true for alcohol.

And the reason I'm a little bit averse to the lawsuit of all of this is because I think that it's going to extend now to adults.

I think what's actually going to happen is this is going to be used as a broader argument, not just against social media, where I'm relatively indifferent to tell the truth, but to actual useful technologies like AI.

Because this is a big societal question.

Should we blame technology for our own failures as adults?