The government says it wants to mitigate the "harm" social media is inflicting on children.

Summary

Australia’s government plans to introduce legislation banning social media for under-16s. The proposed laws aim to mitigate the harm social media inflicts on Australian children.

The government will consult with parents, social media platforms, and experts about the age limit.

The legislation will not apply to young people already on social media, and there will be no penalties for users.

  • Kidplayer_666@lemm.eeEnglish
    16·
    9 days ago

    Y’all probably will be luckier if you try to give parents tools to decide and manage it, rather than doing a top down mandate…

  • ATDA@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    9 days ago

    Even if this were enforceable I guarantee kids will just go elsewhere.

    I ran servers for dumb shit like this off various free hosts in the early 00’s when most of my friends still had dialup ffs.

    Chatgpt will have them setting up their own federations in minutes nowadays…

    • Danquebec@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      Yeah, I don’t feel well at all with the idea of letting newborns who may not even started suckling use social media. It’s a bit too soon.

  • vaionko@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    We have had a 13 minumum age for social media here for 15-ish years, and that’s not working at all. It’s unenforceable.