Pinterest CEO urges governments to ban social media for minors

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready is advocating for governments worldwide to implement bans on social media access for users under 16, citing research linking platform use to increased rates of depression and anxiety in youth. Ready argues that current platforms provide insufficient consideration for the consequences on children's mental health, drawing parallels to regulations in industries like tobacco and alcohol. He highlighted Pinterest's own success in restricting social features for under-16s as evidence that such measures can be effective without harming user engagement.