Comment on South Australia is proposing a law to ban kids under 14 from social media. How would it work?
GlenRambo@jlai.lu 2 months ago
People only focus on the tech solution of this. We don’t make ciggys or booze impossible for kids to injest.
Socialy its not responsible to let your kids drink or smoke. Even behind ose doors.
I think a large part of the tech change is society itself. It needs to become taboo to let kids use the devices and services. Along with understanding the risks (addiction to tech, isolation, depression, being influenced etc). Funily enough the risks aren’t only for children it’s for all of us.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 months ago
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There are laws against both.
GlenRambo@jlai.lu 2 months ago
Yes. And SA is proposing a law against kids using online services.
Yet the conversion is about how the tech companies will handle it. Not about what society in general will do.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s the same thing. Social media companies are selling a product to these children which they pay for with their data and attention, just as other companies sell liquor or tobacco to customers for a direct monetary fee. In all of these examples, the government places the onus on the company to not sell the product to a minor (or someone under a certain age).
Do you think there would have been societal shifts on the sale of tobacco and alcohol without government regulation? A government cannot successfully effect widespread societal change on an issue without first clearly identifying that there is a problem through the introduction of new laws.