00:00Logging in is about to get a whole lot trickier for school children.
00:07We've got real change on the table and that is a national ban on social media for young
00:12people.
00:13The South Australian proposal is backed by both the New South Wales and federal governments.
00:20Social media, unregulated, is doing our kids harm and it's now time for governments to
00:25step in.
00:26If it passes, a national age restriction could be enforced by the end of the year, but policy
00:33research group Reset Tech believes it falls short of any real change.
00:38Keeping 14 year olds off faulty products doesn't fix faulty products.
00:43She would prefer to see a policy around duty of care, putting the onus on the platforms
00:49to do what's right.
00:51Start to see them do things like algorithmic audits, start to see them make their platforms
00:55a safer space for young people and that can really try and change the way that young people
01:02use the digital world rather than just keeping them off it.
01:05It's something that's now mandated in Europe.
01:08Some young people are also doubtful a ban will work.
01:13I'm sceptical of how it will be enforced and I think you need to make social media companies
01:17accountable for that themselves.
01:19Others are more open minded.
01:21I feel like if I got rid of it it would be hard, but if everyone didn't have it I think
01:27it would be easier.
01:28The two day summit will continue tomorrow in Adelaide.
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