Explain that to the parents whose children have lost their lives to cyber bullies and abusers
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The mystery to me is if youâre getting bullied on social media, why are you letting it get as far as suicide? This is what I donât understand. Why wouldnât you just close your account and delete the app? Why continue logging on and exposing yourself to it?
Yeah but seriously look how thatâs going⌠just saying this is really getting out of hand now.
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my main conern is will it lower the use that much for the age demographic?
who is to say that teens who want to access social media at that stagewill just go through a VPN to another country, or the Tor browser, to counteract the restrictions?
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Know one really knows how it will go but the whole thing is you canât just sit back and do nothing. The other thing this policy partly relies on the social media companies to put tech in place to help with this. But tbh how it will all work no one really knows at the moment.
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I reckon any form of age verification will result in a bigger drop in use in âmature ageâ users than teens, given that many in that older age bracket are less likely to trust giving any form of ID out online. Teens will be VPNing their way around it in less than an hour.
I can forsee a huge problem with unintended consequences should this legislation go through in the current proposed form. If anything bullying and other issues may become worse as teens will be less likely to reach out to parents/trusted adults if they fear they will get in trouble for circumventing the law.
Thereâs definitely more that could be done to help protect children and teens in this new world that we find ourselves in. But caution must be taken to ensure that the cure does not end up worse than the disease.
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Teens will be VPNing their way around it in less than an hour.
I can confirm
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Australians will not be compelled to hand over personal identification â like a drivers licence or passport â to big tech companies as part of the governmentâs world-first under-16s social media ban, communications minister Michelle Rowland has pledged.
#BREAKING đ¨ The government's under-16s social media ban has passed the House of Representatives with support from the Coalition and four independents
â 6 News Australia (@6NewsAU) November 27, 2024
A majority of the crossbench voted against the ban, as well as Liberal MP Bridget Archer
The bill now goes to the Senate pic.twitter.com/dpomsc2JF6
Update
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The 2024 Tiktok Awards will stream on Binge next Monday (December 2).
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