Its basically illegal to be young. I don't think this is going to change anything. Kids are on the internet because they cant legally express being anything but a minor until they're a third through their life. They're constantly monitored, censored, and scrutinized. I think large tech corps are exploiting a real need kids have to participate. Sometimes ::tin foil hat:: I believe this is by design. Thanks for coming to my tedx talk.
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you're expected to be grown up and mature by 18 which is impossible because you could never make any experiences at all
you can't drive anywhere if you grow up in a rural area and your parents refuse to drive you anywhere (happened to me, mum only let me see that one kid from rich parents to socialize because she wanted me to "grow up in good neighborhood" - needless to say, it didn't work out and we don't have contact anymore).
If they ban social media they should also make it illegal to block access to a website without an account.
They should still be able to browse Facebook and Instagram even without an account, since they are no longer legally able to have an account, and communities and government still insist on posting important information through social media websites that younger people should be able to have access to.
I'm not a teenager but getting off Instagram and twitter has been amazing for my wellbeing
That's all well and good, but getting kids off those platforms is neither the goal nor the outcome of this new law.
It never applied to corpo slop factories in particular
Anecdotally untrue from my own kid, their school friends & my sisters kids.
If you're in aus, can you share how the ban has been? I'd like to hear how it's actually working out...
My kid keeps telling me ”its just guidelines" but its getting them off YouTube. Tiktok & others aren't even on their radar.
I'm only on Lemmy & haven't noticed anything. A couple people on insta etc haven't complained but I'm not sure how much (if any) ID they have needed.
So far its OK but I still have pretty mixed feelings. We'll see how it goes.
I'm from Australia and have no idea. I only use lemmy and that's it
They should punish companies for deliberately creating toxic environments, not kids for trying to interact with the world
Not reading the article, its a good thing.
Yeah. Its worse for them, they know that, we all do. It isn't about what's good for them it's about how fucking terrified liberals are of their inability to control the internet as young people make memes about how rad public transit and killing corporate executives is.
First half....im with you.
Second half.....Lol, sure bud.
Its so funny when some of you guys act like you know what you're talking about
You don't know what's funny w out your tik tok.
What a weird thing to make up about someone just to be mad.
That is a weird thing to say, and it sounds like you are just looking for something to be angry about.
"no u"
X infinity
It won't. Hurting teenagers is in the entire point, especially certain vulnerable groups like LGBT teens.
Yup, it’s going to cut off so many kids from their support networks.
Our government cares more about making baby steps to greater digital control and “protect the kids” packaging always sells well.
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It's going to leave a body count mark my words
What? How did you come to that conclusion? Most teens would be far better off without the constant barrage of content these websites push to us. Instead of having these laws, parents should be doing their jobs and protect their kids rather than letting their brains rot on the internet.
That's a dishonest talking point
I’ve watched the debate closely and hurting teens or anyone else is definitely not the objective. Whether it succeeds or not is another question.
Isolating LGBT terns us the admitted goal. That and Gaza related censorship
Admitted by whom? How does Gaza fit in with under 16s?
The teen social media ban is just a distraction, carefully crafted by gambling industry lobbyists to ensure no one was talking about restricting gambling advertising.
How will they ever know if they cannot spy on them via "social media"[1]?
[1: presumably the term's used as the corporate media uses it, meaning only the corporate spyware "social media", not the fediverse.]
I started using social media when I was around 12 and I can say with confidence it brought me significantly more harm than good.
For those opposed: should we let them have cigarettes as well?
Your argument might have some weight if Roblox had been included in the ban. You know, Roblox, the well-known haven of groomers and pedos.
I get where you're coming from but I think this ban is based around intent. While Roblox is definitely an evil ass company, their ultimate goal is to make entertaining games and make money off purchases in those games. Also, they've already implemented ID checks for voice chat and even then it's quite heavily moderated.
The ultimate goal of social media is simply addiction, data harvesting, and selling that data to everyone who'll pay for it.
Fuck off nazi
is Zuck giving you his titty milk or something
You do realize that Lemmy counts under these laws, right?
That is pretty lame tbh.