Recently, the UK has announced that it plans to ban all minors under 16 from all social media platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, and other platforms. Along with this, they are going to enforce excessive restrictions on 16 and 17 year olds to prevent them from communicating with strangers online, and livestreaming. They have…
The UK has recently taken a harsh stance against teenagers being able to use social media, with the announcement that minors under 16 will be completely banned from using social media. The UK plans to ban social media platforms from offering services to children under 16, with the first regulations expected before the end of…
Emancipation is an extremely rare legal process which allows minors to gain legal independence and autonomy before the age of 18. Once a minor is emancipated, they are free to sign contracts, bring lawsuits, and make their own financial, educational and medical decisions. The youth is also responsible for their own actions, including debts and…
Cycling, due to US specific structural reasons, is unsafe and impractical. Public transit in America is also…lacking. Because of this, teens in car-dependent countries, such as the US, are shackled to the “Mommy Express,” what could be described as a form of house arrest! For younger kids, parental chauffeuring is completely normal, but it eventually…
Hotels are notorious for age discrimination, specifically in their policies regarding minimum age to book a room. Many hotels do not set the minimum age cutoff at 18 like most businesses do, and instead have booking age cutoffs at 20 – 21 years old, with some even going as high as 25 years old! This…
Willowbrook Mall is a huge mall located in northwest Houston. This mall is used often as a place of gathering, shopping, and hanging out for Houston youth and adults alike. However, they have recently announced that they are launching a temporary “youth curfew” in response to concerns about large, unsupervised teen gatherings organized through social…
Most people are familiar with the “school to prison pipeline,” the collection of systemic practices and policies that funnel young people directly from the public education system into the prison system. Many studies have been conducted and papers published about how marginalized young people are negatively impacted by this pipeline. Recent publications have gone even…
In recent years, Uber has become one of the most popular ridesharing apps, and is used daily by hundreds of people. Uber allows users to remotely request a ride, and wait only a few minutes for a nearby driver to pick them up and deliver them to their requested location. This technology has made travel…
Over the last few years, lawmakers across the country have zeroed in on blaming social media as the central culprit behind youth mental health struggles. The result has been a patchwork of state laws, some already on the books, others tied up in court, that try to impose age limits, parental consent rules, or design…
In different parts of the world, there is a growing attempt to solve education problems with simplistic and authoritarian measures. Among them, the prohibition of cell phone use in schools has been presented as a magic solution to inattention, low performance, and indiscipline. But this narrative ignores a fundamental truth: taking away rights does not…
