Last fall, heavily influenced by Jonathan Haidt’s extremely problematic book, Australia announced that it was banning social media for everyone under the age of 16. This was already a horrifically …
  • WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
    101·
    3 months ago

    I don’t agree with a total ban, but the writers of the article downplaying the harmful content on YouTube I think have forgotten the multiple times YouTube has gotten in trouble with advertisers for shit like “elsagate” where they were showing mutilation etc. of Disney characters targeted at children.

    There needed to be some kind of regulation, but an outright ban is a bit much.

    This feels like they’re trying to drive a tack with a sledgehammer.

  • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
    3·
    3 months ago

    They’ve been a Murdoch-influenced cesspool politically for years now, this is par for the course for them; just more social control by the government under the guise of protecting kids.

    Gotta stop kids from learning about the wider world until they’ve had their worldview shaped to their regressive government’s liking.

  • sculd@beehaw.org
    42·
    3 months ago

    Huh? This is good news for the kids. I have seen too many kids sticking to their iPads all the time.