Social media to be banned for under 16s

[ep2018]

I'm guessing proving your age will involve linking your MyGov/MyID to your Facebook/Twitter/Instagram etc. Might not bother in that case. I very rarely use social media. It's going to be a shitshow and it wouldn't surprise me if the real motive here is to get people used to using digital ID.

 

[Frank Bunn]

I'm guessing proving your age will involve linking your MyGov/MyID to your Facebook/Twitter/Instagram etc. Might not bother in that case. I very rarely use social media. It's going to be a shitshow and it wouldn't surprise me if the real motive here is to get people used to using digital ID.

Apart from your 36,000 Bigfooty posts!

 

[HairyO]

Toxic? What does that even mean? Its not an argument.

Kids have a right to engage in social media.

That right being enshrined in.... ?

 

[Scotland]

That right being enshrined in.... ?

The same bill of rights that formalises ice cream for breakfast.

 

[HairyO]

The same bill of rights that formalises ice cream for breakfast.

Im more of a cereal for dinner guy.

 

[Frank Bunn]

The co-author of a study cited by the nation’s communications minister in arguing for a teen social media ban says his research does not justify the policy, suggesting the government has misunderstood the paper.

The paper found that there are age and sex-specific windows of sensitivity to social media use at a population level. But the authors continued that these “most probably meaningfully differ across individuals”, meaning that each person responds differently to social media based on factors such as their personality, social circle and environment.

Rather than leading to the idea that we should blanket ban children from social media, the paper’s authors suggest these findings “could pave pathways for targeted interventions that address the negative consequences of social media while also promoting its positive uses”.

The authors’ nuanced conclusions comport with concerns raised to the eSafety commissioner, the government’s internet safety regulator, in a letter from 140 Australian and international experts who took issue with the bluntness of a ban.

The communications minister cited a study in support of a teen social media ban. Its co-author disagrees

University of Oxford professor Andrew Przybylski says the government has 'misunderstood the purpose and findings of our research'.

www.crikey.com.au

 

[AFDogs]

Students at my school aren't concerned at all and are confident they will be able to bypass it.

 

[Cleavy]

Students at my school aren't concerned at all and are confident they will be able to bypass it.

probably all have VPNs on their devices

 

[Xtreme]

Albo is an idiot

Needs to get off his high horse read the room, don't focus on policies that divide the nation.

Sack Kevin Rudd as Australias US ambassador.

Ban sports gambling on tv

And I would vote Labor. Otherwise I'm #teamdutton4life

 

[Frank Bunn]

 

[Frank Bunn]

First they said Youtube will be banned for under 16s. Now they are claiming it's ok because it's educational. Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook will require all users to provide ID regardless of age. Bigfooty too I assume. But Pornhub won't.

The whole thing is a shmozzle.

 

[Scotland]

Wouldn't a pron site be restricted to 18+ anyway?

All this stuff seems silly to me. I've ordered alcohol online which is obviously restricted to 18+ only and all that is usually required is entering a birth date. No one with half a brain that is under 18 is going to enter their actual birth date for something with an age restriction,

 

[MarcMaverick]

This is the symptom of gross negligence and a lack of parental fitness. Never has being a parent been so weak as it is now. So lazy and lax. Parents are being the kids friend rather then their parents

 

[Frank Bunn]

Wouldn't a pron site be restricted to 18+ anyway?

All this stuff seems silly to me. I've ordered alcohol online which is obviously restricted to 18+ only and all that is usually required is entering a birth date. No one with half a brain that is under 18 is going to enter their actual birth date for something with an age restriction,

There are rules for accessing pr0n sites and buying alcohol but they are not enforced. Children can click on a button to say they are 18 or enter a false DOB.

It seems strange that the government is only clamping down on under 16s accessing social media. It won't work and the only way it can be enforced is for everyone having to provide their ID regardless of age.

 

[The Dice Man]

This is the symptom of gross negligence and a lack of parental fitness. Never has being a parent been so weak as it is now. So lazy and lax. Parents are being the kids friend rather then their parents

Hello baby bonus.

Let’s try that again shall we and double down.