It was already de-facto illegal for people under 13 to have social accounts. Do you know any kids younger than that on social media? I do.
This is the equivalent of paper bags for beer cans - it will do nothing to fix the problem, but it will make children slightly more secretive about their internet usage, which will make some situations (grooming, bullying) even worse.
> Do you know any kids younger than that on social media? I do.
That isn't really how laws work. You don't say: "Driving under the influence is illegal, but I totally know people who drink and drive so the law is useless".
A solution doesn't need to be 100% effective for it to be hugely beneficial to society.
The point is that the pre-existing law was already completely ineffective. This one will be no better.
One can restrict consuming a resource only if one has means to police such restrictions. Unless you agree to draconian measures, like having all browsers under police control at all times, there is no real way to police web access by age.
This is the equivalent of paper bags for beer cans - it will do nothing to fix the problem, but it will make children slightly more secretive about their internet usage, which will make some situations (grooming, bullying) even worse.