Let the Kids “BeReal” on Social Media
Restricting Internet Use Is a Violation of Young People’s First Amendment Rights
My best friend’s 13-year-old son recently asked me to friend him on the social media app BeReal.
She had decided to let him download BeReal partially because it lets users post just once per day and has very limited chat features, and only under the condition that they had to be friends. But he was free to choose what and when to post, what to comment, and whom to befriend (including, to my amusement, me). My friend was treating it like a learner’s-permit version of Instagram or Facebook. Her son could …
