Social media is lipstick on a pig. There's verbal and physical abuse, exclusion, name-calling, stalking and all sorts of inhumane behaviour towards each other in real life. Social media just digitizes that and is a reflection of the ugly parts of the socializing aspect of human life.
The ~10% good that comes from keeping in touch with people, for example, is not really worth it especially for kids.
Whatever you do you are going to have to deal with the negative aspects of society in-person, and we've all kind of accepted that. Social media just doubles the problem.
The difference is that physical abuse, name-calling and stalking require the people to be actually present and risk (physical) consequences.
When done from the safety of one's own couch at home, surrounded by family, there are no consequences to name-calling, cyber-stalking or spreading rumours about someone.
The ~10% good that comes from keeping in touch with people, for example, is not really worth it especially for kids.
Whatever you do you are going to have to deal with the negative aspects of society in-person, and we've all kind of accepted that. Social media just doubles the problem.