The study found no evidence for boys or girls that heavier social media use or more frequent gaming increased teenagers’ symptoms of anxiety or depression over the following year.

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    3 days ago

    Yep exactly, and if “common features” doesn’t imply that, then that means every website on the Internet meets that definition. Even Amazon you can literally follow users and chat with them. Yes, Amazon, the shopping website.

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        No they aren’t. Either you are a social media website or you aren’t. The law doesn’t see it in halvsies. That’s the problem with these definitions. You make it so that forums are grouped with the same platforms that are under investigation for child predation and manipulation elections.

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          15 hours ago

          Kiwi Farms and 4chan say hello

          Also oddly your criteria for social media doesn’t align with the broader public.