Should social media be regulated like tobacco?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should social media be regulated like tobacco?". Your opponent's style: Bo Burnham

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

Look, regulating social media like tobacco is the worst kind of false equivalence. Tobacco kills you through chemistry—it's literally poison. Social media? It's a tool. The same platform that's "addictive" lets you organize protests, find community, connect across continents. We don't regulate phones like cigarettes because phones aren't inherently destructive. And here's the thing: once you let government regulate "harmful speech" or "addictive engagement," you've handed them the keys to censorship. Today it's social media. Tomorrow it's any platform they don't like. You want to protect people? Education, not prohibition. Media literacy, not bans. The cure isn't always another law. What's your actual problem with social media?