The Privacy Dad5d ago

I had a conversation with a friend who lives in Australia today. He said that his family members with teenage kids are saying that it’s ‘business as usual’ for Australian teens on social media. They find workarounds that quickly get shared amongst them. I wonder if the Australian government will do an assessment of the impact of their recent ban. It would be cynical if they didn’t.

Coincidentally, this came up in my news feed today as well:
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cq8g9y5x1llo

#socialmedia #socialmediaban #Australia #teenagers #parenting #ageverification

Did Australia's under-16s social media ban work?

Three months since it came into effect, teenagers tell the BBC how the world-first law has impacted their lives so far.

Show threadStephen Gentle
@theprivacydad That’s what I was hearing from various teenage children of my cousins in Sydney back at Christmas (older cousins’ kids are around that age range). Stuff like “oh she was really sad that she lost her old account” from the parents. They didn’t care that their kids all had new accounts that pretend to be older, both the kids and parents were openly saying that’s what was happening!
Mar 22 at 2:04pmWeb