I am all for the ban, even if it doesn't work. I think parents should ultimately take responsibility for their kids, but the problem is, many parents are not good at it. The way they let kids use social media is one thing, but the same parent s seem to also be unable to provide healthy food, or suitable activity.
Most do not realise how much control and influence the data companies have. It would be interesting to get a full list of everything they know and how they could use it at an individual level.
Most parents have no fucking idea. They're too liberal, give kids too much freedom and don't think of the impact on their brains. Years ago I was in a video shop and the idiot mum was asking the clerk about horror movies for her 13 year old. No idea with how they damage the developing brain. I had to interject. She was horrified but out the videos back. Ignorance might be bliss for adults but it hurts their kids.
And those same kids, we have to put up with them when they're adults, and hope they can run the world. They aren't just the parent's kids, they are the world's.
It's sad that most people are not good at being parents. But from what I've seen, our culture / society does a pretty poor job at preparing them too. Of course, it doesn't help that most of us work long hours, and have to face an avalanche of other responsibilities in their off-time.
As for the data companies' power, I would not be surprised if they actually benefited from the ban in some weird roundabout way. For example, when people start figuring out how to get around it, tech companies may want to see some official documentation before they let you log in. At that point @riverflows says she'd be out, and I'm totally with her. But what then?