Watched video. The case is basically open and shut. This is why this ban came out of nowhere and why they hustled and sweated to get this of all things done in record time (for Australia).

Have to say, it is kind of genius of the legacy media and kind of chilling to see the naked face corruption like this.

> But where are they hearing about these effects that get them so concerned?

From real life? I know parents of middle school and up kids and they have first hand experience of the effects of social media and I’ve heard very little that’s positive.

I’m not saying the media aren’t trying to influence people but again, Occam’s razor: I really don’t think these parents need Rupert Murdoch whispering in their ear to be concerned about social media and kids.

> But where are they hearing about these effects that get them so concerned? Is it the Australian news?

Their friends who have kids?

People still talk to other people.

This feels equivalent to “if you don’t like smoking, just don’t smoke”.

Like I said in my original post I don’t think this stuff is specific to kids. I think social media has an equivalent to “second hand smoke” that poisons society whether or not we individually engage with it. And yes, classrooms are full of it.

I'm assuming you don't have kids? It's impossible to stop them, both on a technical and social level. You'd guarantee a destroyed relationship with your kids if trying to do so without their consent.

This describes the exact purpose of the law: to stop letting kids use those sites.

My very strict uncle was adamant that my cousins stay off Facebook when they were kids. They got on anyway. When he eventually found out, it was a bad situation. If he couldn't stop his kids from getting on, only the websites themselves can.

Peer pressure will cause many children banned from using social media to work around the ban.