00:00Are we at a crossroads against social media or are there margins to recognize that there is also something in social media?
00:16No, it is not at all a crossroad. We know that social media are, together, an opportunity and a risk,
00:24as many things that modernity and post-modernity have proposed to us.
00:28So, what we have to and want to do is, first of all, to increase awareness,
00:34to inform, therefore, to increase awareness both of the protagonists, and therefore of the children,
00:40and of the educators, of the adults of reference, then the parents, the teachers.
00:46And, on the other hand, what we would like is that there was, in addition to a greater awareness,
00:52also a will, let's say, on the part, above all, of the family, a will and an ability to control
01:01how the new technological means are used by the children.
01:09For this reason, we, in the Caivano Decree, have omitted parental control
01:15and we want to increase the use of parental control, which was an app that was already there,
01:23but it is not used, it is used very little.
01:26What we want to do is to solicit the educational responsibility of the family,
01:31as well as of the school, through an ability to control, which is not a ban,
01:39it is simply an educational responsibility that must be solicited by everyone.
01:44I think that, before banning, first of all, we have put in place a ban,
01:51much more circumscribed than that for access to pornographic sites.
01:57Now, shortly, I think, the opinion of Europe should arrive,
02:03the whole procedure has been finalized and we will see how it works,
02:08because this is really an important issue, fundamental, and we need a ban,
02:14because pornographic sites are now very violent and very offensive towards women
02:20and we have seen that the age at which it is accessed has become very early,
02:26even 6-7 years.
02:29So, let's see if we can actually put a real stop,
02:36and as far as everything else is concerned,
02:40in the meantime, let's see how this ban works, which we have promoted
02:46and which has a complicated procedure,
02:50which now should end with the European SI in January.
02:56Let's see how this ban works.
02:59I believe that, more than banning, the best thing is to educate,
03:04and therefore to inform, to have a relationship with these boys,
03:09because they are boys who now have as a reference, above all, the group of equals,
03:13and there problems are created.
03:16We see it a lot with the forms of bullying, cyberbullying,
03:21and many other things that come out every day in the news.
03:26So, it is essential, instead, to have as adults, as an educational community,
03:32and in particular to start from the family,
03:35a responsibility of control and relationship with these boys,
03:40which cannot be avoided through an indiscriminate ban.
03:45I do not believe that an indiscriminate ban can be useful.
03:48So, also the proposal that was made by the Minister,
03:52to put an age for the use of mobile phones?
03:55Let's see, we have this first ban,
03:59which we have all shared on pornographic sites.
04:03In the meantime, let's see how it works.
04:05So, we are waiting to see.
04:06We are the first country to experience a real ban.
04:09So, we talk about Australia, but in reality,
04:11Italy was the first country to put this access barrier.
04:16Let's see how it works and then we will open a debate on everything else.
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