Australia’s Grand Social-Media Experiment
www.theatlantic.com
Will the country ever know for sure if banning teens from social media makes their lives better?
  • MonkeyDumpster@lemmy.orgEnglish
    154·
    2 days ago

    I’m not a teenager but getting off Instagram and twitter has been amazing for my wellbeing

    • belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      They should punish companies for deliberately creating toxic environments, not kids for trying to interact with the world

    • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      2 days ago

      That’s all well and good, but getting kids off those platforms is neither the goal nor the outcome of this new law.

      • dustycups@aussie.zoneEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        Anecdotally untrue from my own kid, their school friends & my sisters kids.

        • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          If you’re in aus, can you share how the ban has been? I’d like to hear how it’s actually working out…

          • dustycups@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            My kid keeps telling me ”its just guidelines" but its getting them off YouTube. Tiktok & others aren’t even on their radar.
            I’m only on Lemmy & haven’t noticed anything. A couple people on insta etc haven’t complained but I’m not sure how much (if any) ID they have needed.
            So far its OK but I still have pretty mixed feelings. We’ll see how it goes.