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Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Banning Social Media for Teens and THEN going and regulating how the social media companies work their algorithms.

That is like driving on a flat tire for a week and then saying "We should do something about fixing the flat tire" except you are the ones who flattened your tire on purpose in the first place.

Absolute MORONS!!!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    How do you suggest we ban all teens for social media? We already tried that, and the result was teens easily bypassing the verification through using game avatars, and pedophiles knowing exactly where to find the kids. It’s moronic and inefficient to keep making failed attempts at banning teens from social media.

    Teens will always find a way to flock back to social media, and frankly social media companies may pull out of Australia if the eSafety commission attempts to brute force removing teens, because thats a substantial part of their market. Choosing to instead add a toggle for algorithms is heaps more constructive and be more effective.

    The whole age verification thing was partly started BECAUSE of algorithms (but also pedophiles pretending that they want the kids to be safe), so isn’t it logical to make a simple way to allow those who don’t want to be force fed targeted slop to turn it off?

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