r/privaussie • u/PROPHET-EN4SA • Nov 06 '24
It begins. The below-16 social media ban is happening.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/children-under-16-to-be-banned-from-using-social-media-20241107-p5kon4.html-1
u/JovialJem Nov 07 '24
Good
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u/-Bread-Man- Nov 07 '24
how is this good
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u/s2rt74 Nov 11 '24
They can all go outside and play with their Tonker Trucks like the good old days. /s
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u/JovialJem Nov 07 '24
Social media is awful for people of that age. It's addictive and harming in ways more serious than a lot of banned drugs
I don't particularly agree with their definition of social media. "Social media" as a phrase is too broad; I wouldn't personally have included something like YouTube. But things like TikTok and Instagram are just detrimental beyond comprehension, especially for people with minds that young
There are much more important things for the government to be focussing on right now, especially after the US election. But this is still a good thing, just not amazing timing
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u/-Bread-Man- Nov 07 '24
it’s concerning on how they’re implementing this, is it just gonna be a “Are you 16 or over, click yes or no” or is it gonna be “give us your id so we can track you”
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u/JovialJem Nov 08 '24
Yeah I agree. I can't think of a good way for them to do it. Hopefully it's just the first - that way it lies on the parents to be at fault - which should already be the case anyway, but this way the parents might care more about actually governing their children's internet acrivity
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u/Snack-Pack-Lover Nov 07 '24
YouTube has YouTube shorts and kids are drawn to that like flies to shit and the algorithm makes it just as bad as tiktok.
Their controls for content you allow children to watch doesn't block the shorts and the actual content is inappropriate for children despite using their age appropriate settings.
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u/slightlyvapid_johnny Nov 09 '24
And how exactly is anyone going to enforce this?