Children in Australia under the age of 16 will be banned from social media as part of a push to protect young people’s mental health, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced, with the companies involved required to enforce the new regulations or face potential fines.
  • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    11 days ago

    Surely that will solve the problems of the youth on social media. Not like there are any 12 year olds on 13+ social networks today anyways.

      • FelixCress@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        11 days ago

        No.

        Introducing too strict law which is divorced from the reality is making people to disregard laws in general, not necessarily just this one.

        • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
          6·
          11 days ago

          That’s a good thing. Disregarding laws shows that the government actually has no power and showing the government having no power is fantastic to do.

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    11 days ago

    Hey Australia, how are you going to call up every instance operator in the fediverse and every nostr relay operator? Huh?

  • a1studmuffin@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    I think it’s a step in the right direction, though it will be interesting to see where the boundaries are drawn. Does YouTube count? What about gaming platforms like Roblox and Fortnite?

    Edit: On further reading about this, I’m changing my mind. I can’t see how this would be implemented effectively without some kind of age verification. Unless it’s a meaningless Steam-style “What’s your birthday?” question, that makes it far more troublesome for everyone’s privacy. I can’t see how it would get off the ground after so many Australians have had their data stolen already.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    Imagine being the australian government and trying to hide the reality of your genocidal prison colony from the youth… Just like USA.