Australia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’ | Samantha Floreani
www.theguardian.com
Around seven in 10 children remain on major platforms. Who could possibly have predicted that this wasn’t going to work? Well, lots of people
  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    A 30% reduction of kids being exposed to these harmful platforms is a good thing and I’m glad to see it.

    Also, all laws are imperfect, and expecting 100% efficacy is moronic.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      11 hours ago

      This is nanny-state-ing, because webbrowsers and the web in general have lacking mechanisms for parental controls. Or to discover and control information in general.

      Also, ID-requirements are just asking for abuse and data leaks.