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The plan to stop under 16 kids along with issues stemming from it in Australia from accessing social media areas that were using algorithms to target kids has been coveted by a couple if not more camps of thought. The two mains ones I see are: There are those who see making it against the law as a simple means to: fundamentally resolve legal issues stemming from any serious incident that plays out, fights, stabbings, abductions etc.
Either gives parents of less than obedient kids the necessary excuse to, by whatever reasonable means, to stop their children wasting the mornings, school time, afternoons and nights, on social media OR a necessary impetus on parents to ensure their kids are / know how to be safe online.
The algorithms that social media refused to remove from the last few years are reduced to being meaningless apart from being the same means to identify youngsters ... so instead of being referred to some other diet or BS area, the account can be flagged to be locked with a show cause.
There are those who see it as a means to an end to require real identity for any social media, landing eventually needing extra personal verification details - age, living address etc. There was already a camp which wanted [1] to bring in verification for social media accounts, especially after a prominent incident in the US involving a somewhat anonymous user ...
(iirc) the person the govt at the time 2021 early 2022 brought in to work on bringing ID required for social media use ... is the same who was asked / tasked to bring in the under 16 legislation.
Believe that just like google couldn't tell a completely obvious spam site back in the 10's, social media can't use those concerning or problematic algorithms to deduce an account in Australia might be a youngster.
Most phone plans in Australia require a form of identification which typically only adults have like a drivers licence, their own Australian medical card number, etc, so it's something parents themselves set up or crafty young kids work around it by gaining access to the relevant details.[1] https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/security/governmen... Edit hour later: typo bring not being |