Australians in Sydney on Wednesday (Dec 10) had mixed perspectives after the country became the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook.
00:00Australians in Sydney on Wednesday shared mixed views after the country became the first to ban social media for children under 16.
00:13The new rules, which took effect the same day, block access to platforms including TikTok, YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook.
00:23We'd always regulated media in the public interest and I think what the government's trying to do is to return some of the public interest.
00:31That's a good thing because, as I say, there have been harms. It's come internationally, it's come from other places.
00:39I think looking at questions around social media from an Australian perspective is a really good idea.
00:46I don't think bans tend to work. When it's a blanket decision, it doesn't take into account the nuance and the variables and people's individual situations.
00:58And frankly, people tend to find a way around bans if they really want to. So I don't think it's going to achieve what it's set out to achieve.
01:07People are going to find a way around most things. So I think people who want to will find a way around it.
01:14I mean, but I think the government has to do something and I think if it's successful in Australia, which I think it probably will be, the rest of the world will probably follow.
01:25Ten major platforms were ordered to block children or face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars or about 135 million ringgit.
01:35The rollout follows a year of debate over whether any country can realistically keep children off deeply embedded platforms, making Australia a global test case.
01:45Countries including Denmark, New Zealand and Malaysia have indicated they may adopt similar measures.
01:55Countries withixeira had indicated they may adopt double-edged.
01:59Countries to Mozambique, New Zealand and Malaysia are now determined by looking at the placebo.
02:02Let's see.
02:03Countries to ask the lymph reckoning.
02:04Countries to accounts for two or four years.
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02:09Countries to Amazon, the knowledge of the sperm.
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