Warum Social-Media-Verbote nicht funktionieren und was Jugendliche sagen, erhöht die Online-Sicherheit
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/why-social-media-bans-dont-work-and-what-youth-say-will-increase-online-safety/article_b866290a-a8aa-4417-9091-04ab5b1cb52c.html
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The only way I can see enforcement of this law is one of two options. One is ineffective and the other is too invasive.
Invasive: Have adults prove they’re an adult through an ID verification system, with the data being used for who-knows-what by who-knows-who and feels like an incredible overreach to solve for crappy parenting. Consider how a more nefarious government in the future could use this type of data.
Ineffective: Have people attest they’re 18 which will be unenforceable without being invasive. What teenager looking up an adult site will be stopped by asking for a date of birth?
I think parents need to act like parents and supervise their kids.
>Further, [Research out of Australia](https://mollyrosefoundation.org/more-than-60-of-australian-children-still-using-social-media-despite-ban-for-under-16s-research-shows/), where a social media ban has already been implemented, indicates that young people are finding work arounds and are still on the platforms.
>For example, one youth stated, “If this ban were to go through, it’d just be really bad … it’ll be easier for exploiters to just exploit, because now any kids that are online, they’re not supposed to be there, so you can exploit that, you could keep them quiet, because they don’t want to get in trouble.”
These seem like extremely valid concerns. So far, Ottawa has opted not to specify how they intend to implement this, saving the meat of the bill for a future reading while passing it ‚in principle‘ first. But if we do arrive in a situation where youth are all on social media anyway, but with a chilling effect that prevents them from reporting when they’re in a bad situation, we’ll have reduced internet safety, rather than raising it.
It’s so easy for older politicians to rush in on internet laws without fully understanding the technology, and it feels like that’s what we’re seeing on this bill from Ottawa – rushing ahead without any sort of technical plan, just vague promises. Canadians are owed a better effort on this.
Remember when jurisdictions moved to ban phones in the classroom, and there were endless articles and interview pieces with teens about how aweful it was going to be, and then they implemented the ban and lo‘ and behold it was a smashing success?
„Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good“ only works if „net good“ is on offer. I’m trying to think of the last time our govt. really understood technology and did something nuanced and clever. Can anyone help me out?