But the paremts aren’t doing shit, it’s why the Governments stepping in.
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ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Good on em, parents should be regulating internet access and not the govt
hanrahan@piefed.social 1 month ago
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 1 month ago
Right… It’s time to admit people and our governments are both fucked.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
People have always been fucked, we don’t need a bloody police state just because some people let their kids use the internet
MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 1 month ago
Should they?
Does that include single parents? Overworked parents? Parents who don’t understand/use the internet? Do you believe that all children follow their parents’ rules when they step out of the door of their houses?
Make an actual argument for young children having social media access.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Govt could extremely easily release a product, with or without NBN involvement, that helps control internet for kids. They don’t and instead impact everyone with this bullshit
MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 1 month ago
You didn’t answer any of my questions.
The very children who are at risk are the ones with the type of families I listed, and other at risk types. If you leave it up to the parents, you’re essentially giving up on kids with “bad” parents.
I’ll ask a different way: if you’re a child and you have parents who don’t understand the issue, or are too busy and/or stressed out to monitor the issue, or if you have friends who provide you with access…do you deserve to be out at risk/fall through the cracks?
If you actually want to solve problems…you work together as a society…you raise children as a village. If you want all the problems associated with social media use and other issues you “leave it to the parents”, which is basically giving up.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Parents who neglect their children have their children removed. There are no excuses for bad parenting, there are plenty of resources to understand what “the internet” is. Seriously?
This is not a real argument. I’ve presented alternatives and you’ve ignored them. You raise strawmen and move goal posts. There are non police state alternatives. You’re arguing in bad faith and I will not engage with you further
dueuwuje@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Yes but parents aren’t doing that so…
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That’s their parenting right
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
They won’t.
They shouldn’t need to.
They will still need to under the current form of the social media ban.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Social media is not the internet.
Social media is a privatized mass-spying and manipulation tool that directly and intentionally destroys the mental health of its users.
Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Are you aware of Labor’s 2009 plan to censor the entire Australian internet? It didn’t succeed back then thankfully.
There is no way that they will stop at just the big social media platforms.
This is about control and further removal of being anonymous.
It’s not even a liberal vs labor thing. They both have a history of bipartisan support for this type of bullshit. See: metadata retention, assistance and access, identify and disrupt laws.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
In late December you’ll need photo ID to search google so it kinda is about the internet
dockedatthewrongworf@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Please don’t spread misinformation .
Under 16’s can still access websites like YouTube and Google but will not be able to interact (i.e liking videos) and comment on content. They will still be able to view videos and publicly shared content.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 month ago
On the 27th of December a separate set of restrictions kick in
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