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    Until social-media giants take responsibility for the harm they cause,

    I support Australia’s age ban


    Level 2: Intermediate
    Chanel Contos 6 This, of course, harms young minds the most.
    18 September, 2024 Platforms such as TikTok, YouTube and Instagram
    know that young men are intrigued by content that
    1 I support the Albanese government’s proposal for an expresses frustration with dating and women. It
    age ban on social media overall, and surprisingly, so detects this quickly and pushes more extreme and
    do many young people. A survey of 14- to 29-year- radical viewpoints, reinforcing harmful beliefs. It’s hard
    olds found that 42 per cent were positive about the to separate this community from the online abuse
    idea, and 25 per cent were neutral. But alone, a ban women are subjected to.
    will not fix the real issue. 7 There are many benefits to social media too. The
    2 There have always been age restrictions on platforms, Teach Us Consent campaign began when I posted
    and since I signed up for Facebook at age 11, they’ve an Instagram story, which led to mandatory consent
    been easy to avoid. I doubt this will change as laws education in Australia. The campaign gave many
    will never be able to keep up with digital natives. I am young people a means to use their voice and tell
    concerned that if teens don’t understand why there is policymakers about their experiences with sexual
    a ban and without alternatives to socialise online, this violence. And for many with difficult or isolated home
    may drive children to deeper parts of the web. lives, it is a blessing to have constant access to a
    community.
    3 Meta’s announcement of “teen accounts” on Instagram
    for under-16s is the latest attempt to give parents 8 However, anyone who grew up with their own laptop or
    more control. However, it’s unclear whether this will iPhone knows it was common to come across harmful
    address the core issue, which is algorithms and how content on social media. Making this kind of content
    they are used against us. Back in 2014, when a sick feel normal demonstrates the scale of harms that can
    day meant lots of Instagram scrolling, you would see exist on these platforms when unregulated.
    a message saying “You’re all caught up – you’ve seen 9 Social-media platforms have long known about the
    all new posts from the past 48 hours.” The idea that significant harm they cause to their users, particularly
    scrolling could end is now a distant memory. In 2016, young people. Ideally, these platforms would self-
    Instagram switched from posts shown in chronological regulate to prevent this. But social-media companies
    order by people you followed to an algorithmic feed know they directly benefit from our anger, differing
    based on a user’s interactions and engagement. opinions and the time we spend on their platforms. So
    4 In my experience, this is when platforms changed from until they accept responsibility, I see the government’s
    being a fun way to keep up to date with friends to an proposed ban as a small but significant step. If nothing
    addictive platform, working to keep you on the app for else, it would place social-media platforms on notice. It
    as long as possible. may also give parents the confidence to restrict when
    their children are allowed to join a platform, where
    5 Algorithms risk harming children by getting them they will be shaped, for better or for worse.
    hooked on unlimited fast-paced content. They can
    affect us all by providing intense confirmation bias of
    our beliefs. We have seen more hateful and extremist Chanel Contos is the founder of Teach Us Consent and the author
    speech online, as well as the spread of misinformation of Consent Laid Bare.
    © Guardian News and Media 2024
    and disinformation – posing a serious threat to
    First published in The Guardian, 18/09/2024
    democracy. We have all become victims of being more
    divided. Simultaneously, there has been little to no
    education about media literacy to stop this.
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