If i am honest its good on Australia that they banned minors from major social media because its not minor place to be on these sites . There is a lot of predatory behaviours and creeps on media . Reddit is corrupted because they know that their platform is being accessed by pedophiles who are preying on minors in teen platforms . Children on social media have high chance being groomed and preyed upon. It’s so easy to take a vulnerable child and transform them . As someone who was exploited as 14/15 year old on social media including kik and cyber bullied to point of almost ending my life , i see good this has in protecting more minors . i suggest everyone look up SOSA on youtube because shows reality of exploitation . Yes i understand that maybe people want to remain anonymously and keep their identity a secret but you have think that maybe their a lot of harm in keeping identity a secret because people use and abuse the internet for malicious intent to much . It sucks but this what needs be done to protect vulnerable people .
I grew up as a closeted queer kid in rural Australia, before the internet was widely available. I had zero connection with other queer kids, and no way to develop the language or connections that I needed to help me understand what was going on.
Social media gives that to queer kids. It lets them find their peers and know that they’re not alone. It gives them people to talk to and support them when they’re bullied (which they will be, even without social media).
If i am honest its good on Australia that they banned minors from major social media because its not minor place to be on these sites . There is a lot of predatory behaviours and creeps on media . Reddit is corrupted because they know that their platform is being accessed by pedophiles who are preying on minors in teen platforms . Children on social media have high chance being groomed and preyed upon. It’s so easy to take a vulnerable child and transform them . As someone who was exploited as 14/15 year old on social media including kik and cyber bullied to point of almost ending my life , i see good this has in protecting more minors . i suggest everyone look up SOSA on youtube because shows reality of exploitation . Yes i understand that maybe people want to remain anonymously and keep their identity a secret but you have think that maybe their a lot of harm in keeping identity a secret because people use and abuse the internet for malicious intent to much . It sucks but this what needs be done to protect vulnerable people .
I grew up as a closeted queer kid in rural Australia, before the internet was widely available. I had zero connection with other queer kids, and no way to develop the language or connections that I needed to help me understand what was going on.
Social media gives that to queer kids. It lets them find their peers and know that they’re not alone. It gives them people to talk to and support them when they’re bullied (which they will be, even without social media).
This “protects” some vulnerable kids by throwing other vulnerable kids under the bus. Whilst at the same time, setting the way for legislation like this https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256, which is what it’s really about.
They will just as likely move on to less moderated and less reputable platforms that don’t care what Australia says.