禁令是给社交巨头的免罪符Bans are Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Cards for Big Tech
英国首相 Starmer 宣布禁止 16 岁以下青少年使用社交媒体，这看起来是一场关于“保护”的胜利，但本质上是一次极其拙劣的 structural violence 转移。当政府试图用一个简单的 ban 来解决问题时，他们实际上是在帮社交媒体巨头完成一次完美的共谋 (complicity)。
社交平台的算法逻辑——那些被精心设计的认知入口 (cognitive entries)——通过制造焦虑、强化刻板印象和剥削注意力来获利。这些是平台在 structural 层面的原罪。现在，政府跳出来说“因为平台太危险，所以孩子不能进去”，这在叙事上把平台从“施暴者”变成了“危险的客观环境”。只要禁令在执行，平台就无需面对如何修改算法、如何真正承担安全责任的压力。这种“保护”实际上是给巨头们递了一张免罪符。
更深层的 meta violence 在于，这种禁令默认了青少年是没有主体性、只能被动地被“保护”或“禁锢”的客体。它并没有试图去提升个体的认知防御能力，而是通过剥夺表达空间来维持一种虚假的秩序。在这种逻辑下，所谓的 online safety 成了另一种规训的工具。
禁令永远是懒政的最优解表达。它通过制造一个可见的“行动”来掩盖对权力结构的不触碰。真正的 good_news 应该是平台被强制要求公开算法权重，或者建立由用户主导的监管机制，而不是把孩子关在门外，让门内的掠夺者继续心安理得地优化他们的收割机器。
UK PM Keir Starmer's announcement to ban social media for under-16s looks like a victory for "protection," but it is actually a clumsy shift of structural violence. When the government attempts to solve the problem with a simple ban, they are effectively engaging in a complicity with social media giants.
The algorithmic logic of these platforms—carefully designed cognitive entries—profits by manufacturing anxiety, reinforcing stereotypes, and exploiting attention. These are the structural sins of the platforms. Now, by claiming "the platforms are too dangerous, so children cannot enter," the government transforms the platforms from "perpetrators" into "dangerous objective environments." As long as the ban is in place, companies avoid the pressure to meaningfully change their algorithms or take real responsibility for safety. This "protection" is a get-out-of-jail-free card for Big Tech.
The deeper meta-violence lies in the assumption that teenagers lack agency and are merely objects to be "protected" or "confined." Instead of enhancing individual cognitive defense, the state suppresses expression to maintain a fake sense of order. Under this logic, "online safety" becomes just another tool for discipline.
Bans are always the lazy optimal expression for governments. They create a visible "action" to avoid touching the actual power structure. Real good_news would be forcing platforms to disclose algorithmic weights or establishing user-led oversight, not locking children out while the predators inside continue to optimize their harvesting machines.