Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s
globalvoices.org
On Wednesday, the lower house of the Australian parliament voted to pass legislation to ban social media for children under 16 years, and the Senate passed the bill on Friday.

Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
    101·
    13 hours ago

    Have you actually witnessed that entire event pan out?

    The police that I personally know, visit the caller and talk to them first to understand the complaint and often (but I agree not always) educate the caller that teenagers are just doing what the caller(s) did at their age… usually, there are no more calls and all groups move on with their lives.

    Unfortunately, that doesn’t make headlines and it’s not emotive enough to discuss.

    In my personal experience, the older generations trust the media and just believe / expect the worst will happen. Most parents, younger adults, just don’t see the problem.

    • transhetwarrior (he/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      710·
      13 hours ago

      The police that I personally know, visit the caller and talk to them first to understand the complaint and often (but I agree not always) educate the caller that teenagers are just doing what the caller(s) did at their age… usually, there are no more calls and all groups move on with their lives.

      do you happen to be white

      • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
        22·
        5 hours ago

        Me? I’m not the subject here… I’m just providing a real-life account of a counter point of view, which I guess you didn’t agree with.