Valuetainment - November 11, 2025


“I Freaking LOVE This!” – Denmark’s Teen Social Media BAN： Will America Be Next？


Episode Stats

Length

11 minutes

Words per Minute

191.80254

Word Count

2,137

Sentence Count

232

Misogynist Sentences

5

Hate Speech Sentences

4


Summary

Denmark wants to ban access to social media for children under the age of 15. What does this mean for us and why should we be worried about our kids having access to the internet? Plus, why is it so important for kids to be on social media?


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Denmark, folks, here's what Denmark is doing.
00:00:03.580 Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15.
00:00:09.620 I freaking love that.
00:00:11.460 Go ahead, Rob.
00:00:13.600 With 14 points about how to protect minors better online,
00:00:21.100 we're standing in a situation in Denmark where far too many young people,
00:00:25.340 far too many children are having a profile on a big social media platform.
00:00:32.240 We have agreed on an age limit on 15 years of age,
00:00:35.900 but with the opportunity for parents to consent from the age of 13
00:00:41.780 if they want their children and young people to be on the social media platform.
00:00:47.300 Our clear recommendation to the parents is
00:00:50.320 please don't have your children on the social media platform
00:00:54.600 before the age of 15.
00:00:56.980 Well, we are not regulating based on specific companies.
00:01:00.060 In Denmark, do they not know when somebody else is speaking?
00:01:03.420 Like, I'd be like, yo, shh.
00:01:05.520 What do you think about positive work weight?
00:01:07.100 Do you like that tiger shirt, Adam?
00:01:08.360 I actually like the cougar.
00:01:10.700 Is that a tiger thing or what is that?
00:01:12.240 Leopard.
00:01:12.960 Women like wearing cheetah colors.
00:01:14.540 I love that.
00:01:15.160 Women like wearing this type of outfit.
00:01:16.780 Okay.
00:01:17.680 Speaking to Associated Press, Caroline Stage,
00:01:21.120 Denmark's Minister for Digital Affairs said 94% of Danish children under the age of 13
00:01:26.960 have profiles on at least one social media platform.
00:01:30.160 More than half of those under 10 do so.
00:01:34.340 So, Rob, run a poll.
00:01:36.860 Run a poll.
00:01:38.060 Do you, I don't know if it's run a poll.
00:01:39.740 Okay, so put one, should kids be without social media, one option at any age.
00:01:46.880 Another option at 13.
00:01:49.280 Another 15, then put the last one at 18.
00:01:52.940 Let's see what our audience votes.
00:01:54.540 I'm actually really curious.
00:01:55.420 Tom, what do you think about this?
00:01:56.720 I think it's common sense coming forward because there's, look,
00:02:00.220 you can argue about social media all day long.
00:02:02.340 You can argue about governments.
00:02:03.440 New Zealand got it right.
00:02:04.460 Remember during COVID, actually New Zealand raised its hand and said,
00:02:07.860 hey, we want to put limits on social media for kids.
00:02:10.920 There are two, actually three avenues that you can look at very, very clearly
00:02:16.020 and you can be fact-based.
00:02:17.380 And that is exactly what, at least in this case,
00:02:21.400 Caroline Stage or Stage from Denmark.
00:02:24.860 I think it's Stage.
00:02:25.820 I believe it's pronounced that way there.
00:02:29.040 That kids being approached by pedophiles,
00:02:32.340 kids being approached for relationship, number one.
00:02:35.380 Number two, the girls and depression and girls and responses to,
00:02:43.040 you need the likes and you need all this to be validated.
00:02:47.640 And through that lack of validation brings depression and bad behavior in girls.
00:02:51.780 The studies are out.
00:02:52.800 The studies are clear.
00:02:54.200 And Facebook meta admitted it to Congress that they had done those things
00:02:59.040 to hook the girls and to cause this.
00:03:01.580 So you have Facebook admitting it.
00:03:03.820 And then the last thing that you have also that you can look to is test scores
00:03:09.340 and education of kids in middle school who have access to social media.
00:03:15.920 So now Denmark is saying, hey, parents, if you want to go through an assessment
00:03:20.140 and the parents have to fill out an assessment,
00:03:22.720 which my understanding is basically, are you married?
00:03:26.120 Are you involved in your kids?
00:03:27.260 And then you could say, my kid could have a profile at 13 if I sign the assessment.
00:03:32.760 Or they can't have it until 15 because they're just looking at the facts.
00:03:36.440 They're just looking at those three simple facts.
00:03:38.940 So I think it's common sense, Pat.
00:03:40.440 I think it's absolute common sense, finally.
00:03:42.820 The people are looking at it.
00:03:44.060 You can see in theaters.
00:03:46.580 Did you see theaters?
00:03:47.800 We go to those things.
00:03:48.580 Did you see the Dove Soap commercial where the moms and the young women are talking about,
00:03:54.340 you know, about, you know, Dove Soap is pure.
00:03:58.340 And it says you need to have pure friends and pure truth.
00:04:02.980 You don't need to have all the social media.
00:04:05.340 You are validated in who you are and all of that.
00:04:08.940 Why is that all happening?
00:04:10.180 And Denmark, I think, is doing the right thing here and they're following New Zealand.
00:04:13.760 And I think when you take a look, you know, in the U.S., why hasn't anybody from Congress brought this up?
00:04:20.720 After all the things that happened in Congress, and I'm not out here to bash social media companies or tech bros,
00:04:26.280 but you admitted certain things in Congress.
00:04:28.960 So why hasn't the U.S. put similar, you know, restrictions in place,
00:04:32.420 especially when we have the data on pedophilia.
00:04:35.120 We have the data on girls under 16 and depression.
00:04:39.020 And we have the data on test scores.
00:04:41.060 We have data.
00:04:42.240 So with all these data, it's not one data point.
00:04:45.360 And then you try to make, you know, I'm not running for Congress.
00:04:47.720 I throw up one stat out there and I try to make a story out of it.
00:04:50.640 You've got a list of stats here.
00:04:52.980 So hats off to Denmark.
00:04:54.720 Hats off to Caroline Stagge or Stage.
00:04:57.600 I think it's pronounced Stagge, Denmark minister.
00:04:59.640 Might be Sean Jay.
00:05:01.120 So, yeah.
00:05:01.640 Might be that.
00:05:02.320 What do you think, though?
00:05:03.180 What do you think?
00:05:03.880 Rob, the poll has shown what?
00:05:05.560 Almost 4,000 people voted.
00:05:07.160 Look at the poll.
00:05:07.720 No.
00:05:08.180 Very interesting.
00:05:08.840 At 18 years old, 52%.
00:05:10.920 Yeah.
00:05:11.460 I agree with our audience on this, by the way.
00:05:13.680 By the way, 3% of our audience is an absolute psychopath.
00:05:17.840 Absolute psychopath.
00:05:19.100 Any age.
00:05:19.880 Yeah.
00:05:20.280 Go for it, four-year-old.
00:05:21.600 Take this phone, you idiot.
00:05:22.260 Let me tell you something.
00:05:23.100 PBD, I love what you said.
00:05:24.180 Did we tell him we cookieed that poll?
00:05:25.300 When you were being interviewed by Brett Baer at the American Business Forum,
00:05:29.300 which is an amazing event.
00:05:30.280 Shout out to Mayor Francis Suarez for helping put that on.
00:05:33.520 But you talked about the anxious generation.
00:05:35.260 You have four kids, Tico, Dilly, two girls.
00:05:38.240 You know, you're very, very in this world.
00:05:40.820 You know, me, Rory, my nephew, just turned 13 yesterday.
00:05:44.360 I said, what do you want for your birthday?
00:05:46.820 He's like, well, I'm thinking about maybe getting a new phone.
00:05:48.980 I said, I'm going to talk to your dad, my brother-in-law, my sister's husband.
00:05:52.900 I said, guys, do we want Rory?
00:05:54.820 He's like the sweetest, nicest kid.
00:05:56.080 Tall as hell.
00:05:57.800 Massive.
00:05:58.120 Happy birthday to him.
00:05:59.380 Happy birthday to him yesterday.
00:06:00.500 Giant hands.
00:06:01.920 Good handshake.
00:06:02.300 Him and Tico shook hands.
00:06:03.540 I go, let's see who's stronger.
00:06:04.640 Tico goes, he's got him, bro.
00:06:05.940 Tico's a strong kid.
00:06:07.060 I said, what do we want to do with this guy, man?
00:06:08.920 He's the sweetest kid.
00:06:10.760 Do we want him having a cell phone with social media?
00:06:13.300 We all said, hell no.
00:06:14.600 Hell no.
00:06:15.920 There's a difference between Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, versus, hey, I want to watch something on YouTube.
00:06:22.660 YouTube is just like a world encyclopedia.
00:06:24.800 So there's a difference to this.
00:06:25.740 If you can go back to that poll, Rob, I think there's steps to where you do.
00:06:29.880 Whoever's saying any kid could just watch whatever they want.
00:06:32.780 3%.
00:06:33.340 They might just be being funny.
00:06:34.280 Re-evaluate your life.
00:06:35.040 At 13, you should be able to go onto YouTube, do some research, see what's out there.
00:06:39.100 Have a phone just to call your parents and stuff like that.
00:06:40.860 Between 15 and 18 is where these conversations, in my opinion, when do you want to do this?
00:06:46.540 This thing is the most dangerous and also the most amazing thing that any man, as any human has ever had.
00:06:52.700 It's a catch-22.
00:06:53.020 And you're going to put that in the hand of a 10-year-old, a 12-year-old?
00:06:55.800 Let me give you a counter-argument.
00:06:57.760 I have a good friend.
00:06:58.680 I'm not going to say his name.
00:06:59.420 He has two kids.
00:07:00.580 One of his kids is maybe nine years old.
00:07:05.780 This kid does not come up for oxygen if he has a phone.
00:07:10.260 He is knee-deep in this.
00:07:12.440 He has a YouTube channel.
00:07:13.940 He's concerned about likes, clicks, videos.
00:07:16.760 He goes, it's genuinely sad.
00:07:20.080 I said, hey, buddy, you're at the dinner table.
00:07:21.900 I did your rule.
00:07:23.000 You're at the dinner table.
00:07:23.840 Put it down.
00:07:24.340 He goes, you're not my dad.
00:07:25.640 I go, dad, tell him.
00:07:27.560 He goes, put the phone down.
00:07:28.520 He goes, no.
00:07:29.600 The kid is so obsessed with his phone.
00:07:33.280 And my concern is how many millions of other kids are just like that?
00:07:37.580 We talk about anxious generation.
00:07:39.100 We have the data.
00:07:39.640 Yeah, we talk about anxious generation.
00:07:41.480 What about a generation of kids who this is all they know?
00:07:45.140 They can't do this.
00:07:47.020 That's concerning to me.
00:07:48.780 Yeah, in a big way.
00:07:49.980 In a big way.
00:07:50.560 So the poll, again, I'm surprised.
00:07:53.400 Rob, the poll is like 5,000 people voted.
00:07:57.540 53% said at 18.
00:07:59.360 I agree with our audience.
00:08:00.420 They're smart people.
00:08:01.320 They've never done us wrong.
00:08:02.240 53% at age 18.
00:08:05.880 That's some.
00:08:06.600 Where are you on?
00:08:08.740 Then there's hope.
00:08:09.700 Do you think that.
00:08:10.560 Where would you be on this?
00:08:11.340 I'm pretty close to that.
00:08:12.320 You're there.
00:08:13.040 I'm not.
00:08:13.580 You're at least at 15 to 18.
00:08:15.140 No, no.
00:08:15.620 No, I'm at 18.
00:08:17.020 I'm at 18 because.
00:08:18.040 So what do you do at 18?
00:08:19.040 Say, here's your phone.
00:08:19.840 Here's your account.
00:08:20.280 No, I've been managing all their accounts since the day they were born.
00:08:24.860 I've been managing their accounts.
00:08:26.440 It's all me.
00:08:27.100 If you ever see anything with their accounts, I manage all of it.
00:08:29.280 I see all the DMs.
00:08:30.160 I do all of it.
00:08:31.600 So if you DM my kids, you're DMing me.
00:08:34.480 Okay.
00:08:34.660 So don't DM my kids.
00:08:37.420 That's what I'm trying to tell you.
00:08:38.000 Well, now you're going to get business propositions.
00:08:40.260 Hey, Patrick PPD on Brooklyn.
00:08:43.020 Hey, Vinny, can I close this out with a question for you?
00:08:44.940 Yeah.
00:08:45.360 Do you think five years ago, before congressional testimony, COVID, and everything we saw and
00:08:49.380 what we realized about social media and what New Zealand did, do you think that's
00:08:52.660 54% five years ago?
00:08:54.860 Absolutely not.
00:08:56.080 No, it's less.
00:08:56.880 It's way less.
00:08:57.320 I agree with you.
00:08:58.260 What has happened?
00:08:59.440 Data and facts.
00:09:00.500 What this tells me, when I see things like this on a lightning rod issue, it tells me
00:09:04.700 there's hope for the California voter.
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