ItWasntMe@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoAustralia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1232
arrow-up1232external-linkAustralia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’www.theguardian.comItWasntMe@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoThe issue with this argument is that many kids don’t have good parents, and some don’t have any parents at all. Are those kids just supposed to be left to the mercy of bad actors because of their circumstances?
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 hours agoGuess we just let for profit companies and authoritarian states suck up all the data on everyone whether it works or not then.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoI didn’t say I approve of the current tactics, I’m just pointing out that circumstances can be more complex than simply saying ‘let the parents sort it out’ and leaving it at that.
minus-squareLodespawn@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 hours agoThe current solution just cuts those at risk kids off from all modern support networks.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoOn purporse to keep them trapped in abusive households with no Support
The issue with this argument is that many kids don’t have good parents, and some don’t have any parents at all.
Are those kids just supposed to be left to the mercy of bad actors because of their circumstances?
Guess we just let for profit companies and authoritarian states suck up all the data on everyone whether it works or not then.
I didn’t say I approve of the current tactics, I’m just pointing out that circumstances can be more complex than simply saying ‘let the parents sort it out’ and leaving it at that.
The current solution just cuts those at risk kids off from all modern support networks.
On purporse to keep them trapped in abusive households with no Support