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"Three of Australia’s largest mental health organisations are pushing back
against bipartisan support for an outright ban on social media for people under
16, arguing it risks alienating young people and ignores some of its benefits.
Instead, governments should force social media companies to give users more
control over their algorithms and limit harmful features such as infinite
scrolling, a joint submission from Beyond Blue, ReachOut and Black Dog
Institute argues.
Beyond Blue chief executive Georgie Harman said an outright ban would let
social media companies “off the hook” and state and federal governments would
be better off regulating platforms to make them healthier for young people who
will use them anyway.
“Prohibition drives behaviour underground,” Harman said. “We want open, healthy
conversations with our young people about how to stay safe online.”
Currently, some platforms only allow users 13 and over to join, but do not
require them to prove their age."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
