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Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
(www.reuters.com)
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Maybe if they focused on the root of the problems with Social Media instead of banning it from children, they could make the world a better place for everyone.
Endless scrolling and their recommendation algorithms keep people on their platforms for far longer than otherwise intended. They could start with forcing these companies to have chronological posts with a fixed number of posts per page to give users a natural break point for when to stop.
Not just that, but also holding social media owners accountable for hosting fascist content, and arresting them, no matter how rich they are.
I cannot get behind the hosting part, it is too abusable. If that was changed for promoting, I could support that.
Y'know what, fair point.
So, the ban is focused on Social Media apps which refuse to comply with demands to fix cyberbullying. If an app complies it will no longer be banned.
This added context is extremely helpful.
They can still access social media. They just can't have accounts.
Which does mean they can't access a lot of adult content. So there's that.
Heh no. 4chan is not banned.
You don't need an account for 4chan anyways. My point is that no social media accounts means nsfw posts on twitter, reddit, youtube are harder to access.
I always know I'm dealing with a scumbag normie website when there's infinite scrolling with no option for pagination.
It's getting pretty easy to avoid the herd.
This is nothing to do with children.
The Australian media demanded these laws so they could control the political climate in Australia. By mandating identity they can go after anyone who opposes them.