The Australian government has announced what it describes as world-leading legislation that would set 16 years as the minimum age for children to use social media and hold platforms responsible for ensuring compliance.
I don’t care about the laws, I don’t think parents should be allowing access to social media to their five year olds. Preteens, yeah that’s reasonable, but not toddlers for fuck’s sake.
I’ve been in online communities since shortly after my 10th birthday and this has never once been a problem.
Most of my friends when I was a teenager were people I met online. It was beyond a reasonable doubt good for me to be on the Internet during that time because it was the only place where I fit in, where I could be myself.
If I ever have kids, I hope they fit in better than I did offline, but if they don’t, there is no way I am going to prevent them from socializing in online communities.
At whatever age they want to.
holy shit why would you deprive kids of (often their only way to have any) social contacts and think you’re the good guys
Yeah, same with sugar, cigarettes and alcohol. Give these children what they want.
You wanna get a kiddy diddler messing with your kid? Because that’s how you get a kiddy diddler messing with your kid.
The same parent that handed the kid a device to be on social media can also take the kid out somewhere to socialize with other kids.
Satanic Panic but this time about pedophiles.
These laws will be used to restrict information, not to protect anyway, don’t delude youraelf.
I don’t care about the laws, I don’t think parents should be allowing access to social media to their five year olds. Preteens, yeah that’s reasonable, but not toddlers for fuck’s sake.
I’ve been in online communities since shortly after my 10th birthday and this has never once been a problem.
Most of my friends when I was a teenager were people I met online. It was beyond a reasonable doubt good for me to be on the Internet during that time because it was the only place where I fit in, where I could be myself.
If I ever have kids, I hope they fit in better than I did offline, but if they don’t, there is no way I am going to prevent them from socializing in online communities.