Canada is weighing a social media ban for under-16s. Here is how that experiment is playing out in the first country to try it
Source: toronto_star
Canada is weighing a social media ban for under-16s. Here is how that experiment is playing out in the first country to try it
Source: toronto_star
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In summary:
The first cuntry is Australia
It is fucking dumb because anyone with half a shred of intelligence can circumvent it.
Of course. If parents are lousy it’s time for the government to protect the kids.
Not this again
Can’t wait for my id to inevitably get leaked by the nanny state! Parent my children harder, daddy government.
They can all fuck of with their Orwellian and authoritarian schtick of “but won’t someone think of the children??”.
Just have the user answer a grade 11 math question every time they log in.
Or answer a skill testing question about how the three levels of government work and which one is responsible for healthcare, roads, education, etc
In the user is underage and can answer, let them in. I wouldn’t mind hearing what educated kids think
Mainland China forces identity verification with ID card in many video games to avoid teens from being addicted. Kids used to circumvent the rules by using their grandparents IDs or buying ID number online. The latter caused issues such as identify theft.
Similar issues are foreseeable for the social media bans IMO
This is dumb, past generations grew up on an internet that was much more harsh compared to today’s internet and we turned out fine.
Aussie here. All of my nieces and nephews under 16 are still on social media. It doesn’t work.
Vandalism and other antisocial behaviour is on the rise in Australia.
I fully believe the teen pregnancy rate will go up too when stats published over the next few years.
Just like the 90s before we had social media to distract us from those things.
I thought Australia already started that. Much as I don’t like it I do agree something needs to be done. Social media has become and absolute cesspool throwing impressionable teens into the deep end of it is fairly irresponsible. Doubly unfortunately this almost require the whole age verification thing which I am absolutely against. The whole it’s for the children’s safety line of that is such Bull shit it should used as fertilizer.
Aussie here, we have it, it’s imperfect, bans always are. If we were more serious then we would fine suppliers/enablers (eg parents) like to we do with cigarettes and alcohol (which is rare anyway but the threat is real).
It’s better than nothing.
Just enforce the rules that are there. As of now, you can’t make an account under 13 on IG or TikTok. It could easily be raised to 16. Fine the billion dollars tech companies enough until they find a way to do what they are supposed to do.
I’m on board with it. Some are worse than others, of course, but too much access to social media by the developing brain is very detrimental to self-esteem and wellbeing of youth.
The government is meant to protect the vulnerable which is exactly what children are.
I agree that under 16 shouldn’t be in socials. I don’t agree that people 17+ need to provide digi ID to be on the internet. I believe in Privacy, not being monitored by the big 5 tech companies.
What is the point in posting paywalled articles? Are we just accepting that no reads past the headline now?
I don’t get the missing group outings thing. I’m mid 40s and me and my large ass teen group had zero problems communicating planning and meeting up. All the damn time .
Learn to talk to each other ffs.
They should also block the sale of personal data in Canada.
Tbh I really don’t trust a lot of reporting surrounding this – especially Redditors.