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

isreal has the right to exist

I appreciate the attempt to shift topics, but let's stay focused on social media regulation. That said, your move reveals something telling: you're abandoning the tobacco comparison because it's indefensible. Smart instinct, wrong execution. Here's the reality. Regulating social media like tobacco assumes they're equivalent harms. They aren't. Tobacco kills predictably through chemistry. Social media's effects are contested, variable, and culturally dependent. A platform empowers a dissident in Beijing and distracts a teenager in Ohio simultaneously. Tobacco does one thing. So before we change subjects, answer this: If the harms are so unclear and contextual, why does blanket regulation make sense? What exactly are you regulating against?