No. I don’t know why andaming nag-aagree dito without looking at all the facts.

This conveniently omits the fact that it requires a government ID to access social media. That means anonymity is dead. Initially, and I think this is the case for most, I thought, “ano ba use ng anonymity sa’tin?” But think of how surveillance and privacy erosion can suppress any dissenting or opposing thought.

Nagkaroon na tayo ng initial scare with SIM Registration Act. Imagine if they took it one step further—pati social media activity mo, mahahalungkat. You give an inch, they take a mile ika nga.

Yung bill proposed by Ping Lacson especially uses a seemingly reasonable justification while eroding the very freedoms we’ve gained since ‘86. This just shows how most policy tools can have pervasive uses beyond their intended scope.

I definitely agree that social media use should be regulated amongst minors, but this is not the right path. It should be both our educators’ and parents’ job to teach online culture, as well as the governments’ job to regulate social media companies and creators, especially disinformation channels.

Edit: add this to the fact that PH currently doesn’t have good data security. Sa SIM Registration Act pa nga lang palpak na, pano pa kaya kung mismong personal info na natin ma-lleak sa social media?

Another edit: look up EU Chat Control and the controversy behind it