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?
  • 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.