Honestly, setting a maximum age of like 36 would probably eliminate more of the problems caused by social media than setting a minimum age.
ThatOneBavarianGuy on
While i think this is generally a good idea, i hate the idea of giving a government even more power over private citizens daily life. Im willing to bet this is going to be implemented with a bitter aftertaste of light authoritarianism.
wish1977 on
If it went completely away it would benefit the world. I’ll find something else to do.
Joadzilla on
There really needs to be a test given before people can access social media.
A test to see if people can weed out disinformation and online influence operations.
Blueskyways on
I feel like cutting off social media for people under 18 and over 65 would eliminate a whole lot of societal and political ills. Â
i_am_not_the_father on
There should be a minimum IQ instead.
haltline on
In order to do this we will be requiring all Australians to have monitoring equipment installed on their computers, phones and in their body.
Honestly, what could go wrong?
*It’s not that I’m pro or con the ban. It’s how they’ll accomplish such a thing that scares me.*
-Lt-Jim-Dangle- on
That’s going to be super easy to enforce.
StyleOtherwise8758 on
As much as I loved the internet when I was a child (and still today) I think it is a great thing that people are beginning to take some sort of regulation seriously. Get the smart phones out of schools as well.
cg40k on
Good in theory and completely won’t work lol. It’s like porn sites asking if your over 18
dustnbonez on
It’s a parental problem here.
z7q2 on
Since I provide internet services to schools, I am very curious how this is supposed to work. Initial questions:
* How is a social media site going to be defined? I would call YouTube a social media site, and a large number of our clients use YouTube for lessons. So do I have to write code that allows viewing a YT video, but doesn’t allow chatting in the YT interface?
* When a student needs to access a social media site for school research, what will the procedure be for them to get an exception from the ban? Or will that simply not be allowed.
* How do you plan to enforce this without destroying online anonymity?
SlightlySublimated on
This is going to have to end up occurring worldwide. We’re already seeing Global consequences of an entire generation of young children being attached to social media from when they’re a toddler on. I’m 27, so the oldest of Gen Z, so it’s not like I’m some Boomer coming in judging from the lens of the past.
Social Media is not a basic human right, and it should never be. Especially when children in general, and especially nowadays have absolutely zero critical thinking skills and will believe whatever they are told/shown if it’s shoved down their throats enough.Â
sidon2k on
Let’s see how long this will last…. Bloody disgrace
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Set it to 103.
All countries should have done this 15 years ago.
Honestly, setting a maximum age of like 36 would probably eliminate more of the problems caused by social media than setting a minimum age.
While i think this is generally a good idea, i hate the idea of giving a government even more power over private citizens daily life. Im willing to bet this is going to be implemented with a bitter aftertaste of light authoritarianism.
If it went completely away it would benefit the world. I’ll find something else to do.
There really needs to be a test given before people can access social media.
A test to see if people can weed out disinformation and online influence operations.
I feel like cutting off social media for people under 18 and over 65 would eliminate a whole lot of societal and political ills. Â
There should be a minimum IQ instead.
In order to do this we will be requiring all Australians to have monitoring equipment installed on their computers, phones and in their body.
Honestly, what could go wrong?
*It’s not that I’m pro or con the ban. It’s how they’ll accomplish such a thing that scares me.*
That’s going to be super easy to enforce.
As much as I loved the internet when I was a child (and still today) I think it is a great thing that people are beginning to take some sort of regulation seriously. Get the smart phones out of schools as well.
Good in theory and completely won’t work lol. It’s like porn sites asking if your over 18
It’s a parental problem here.
Since I provide internet services to schools, I am very curious how this is supposed to work. Initial questions:
* How is a social media site going to be defined? I would call YouTube a social media site, and a large number of our clients use YouTube for lessons. So do I have to write code that allows viewing a YT video, but doesn’t allow chatting in the YT interface?
* When a student needs to access a social media site for school research, what will the procedure be for them to get an exception from the ban? Or will that simply not be allowed.
* How do you plan to enforce this without destroying online anonymity?
This is going to have to end up occurring worldwide. We’re already seeing Global consequences of an entire generation of young children being attached to social media from when they’re a toddler on. I’m 27, so the oldest of Gen Z, so it’s not like I’m some Boomer coming in judging from the lens of the past.
Social Media is not a basic human right, and it should never be. Especially when children in general, and especially nowadays have absolutely zero critical thinking skills and will believe whatever they are told/shown if it’s shoved down their throats enough.Â
Let’s see how long this will last…. Bloody disgrace