Comment by zarzavat
1 day ago
> set an age limit of 16 to have social media
This just shows how futile it is. How do you actually stop someone from using social media? If a 15 year old signs up for Mastodon what is Australia going to do about it?
1 day ago
> set an age limit of 16 to have social media
This just shows how futile it is. How do you actually stop someone from using social media? If a 15 year old signs up for Mastodon what is Australia going to do about it?
I'm guessing it's mostly useful as a guide for parents, but I haven't seen any hard data
It shows it's not just a debate on substack though
Indeed. I think most phones already have some kind of parental control. I know Apple devices do. With screen time you can limit your kids social media use. Shouldn‘t be rocket science to ban those apps automatically, if that isn‘t already possible. OS vendors could use that to implement the country specific bans outright. This does require though, that parents set up their kids‘ phones correctly.