Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Much of the developed world is watching how the Australian under-16 social media ban is working, with critics already claiming in the UK, that Keir Starmer has a 'blindspot' on the damage social media has wrought on the young....
The key argument in the UK against following the Australian example will, as usual, be that such a ban can be (relatively easily) circumvented - see VPN usage & pornography!
But on this we shouldn't let the perfect be the enemy of the good!
Sam Easterby-Smith
@ChrisMayLA6 @quixoticgeek the key argument is not that it’s unenforceable, or unworkable… it’s that *children (and adults) have a right to communicate*
Imagine it was the 80s and righteous campaigners said that children should be banned from using telephones because they might talk to *bad people*
This is not to let anyone off the hook in terms of safety - we have a duty to educate, to moderate, to regulate. Blanket bans and age gating is all about letting platforms avoid that.
L0wKey
A social media ban on children is an awful idea that is impossible to implement without dramatically reducing online safety for those same children.
You will never stop people finding ways to communicate, just drive them to less visible, less secure, and less safe ways of doing so.
Regulate the companies, not the users. Castigate billionaires, not teenagers.
Patrick H. Lauke
@L0wKey @ChrisMayLA6 exactly, it fucking infuriates me that they clearly understand that there's something fundamentally rotten in today's social media landscape ... but since the providers say "hey, we do our best, but we can't control what our users put on our system" the burden shifts to "ok, we'll need to stop teens from accessing this material then". letting the polluters of the social space off the hook
Rich Felker
@anantagd @ChrisMayLA6 Yes, this is extremely disappointing.
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@ChrisMayLA6
Oh you think it's a good idea then. Disappointing
Rich Felker
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/115693588069930880
@ChrisMayLA6 @anantagd I did and it's even more disappointing.
"a good response is better than holding out for a perfect one"
There is no way in which this is remotely "a good response". You seem to be dangerously unaware of how violent ripping the internet away from kids can be.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
see previous answer to this...
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