Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children
Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children
Prime minister wants young people to be shielded from ‘power of the algorithm’
Prime minister wants young people to be shielded from ‘power of the algorithm’
1 - Those age restrictions work about as well as a gate with no fence
2 - Teaching kids about the dangers of social media and introducing them properly, rather than expecting them to simply abstain because the law says so (a historically very effective technique /s), would be a whole lot more productive.
I can understand the intent behind this, but I wonder if it will actually prevent kids bypassing these restrictions. Much less, in my own country minors that shouldn’t be on platforms have public accounts.
Without proper enforcement of such restrictions and/or actual technical solutions to enforce this on the user’s end, this is just feel-good signaling.
I was jailbreaking my iPod when I was 11 and bypassing school computer restrictions. This isn't stopping anyone. I think even a vpn would simply bypass this
I tormented the crap out of my middle schools IT guy. He couldn't figure out how I managed to bypass the GPOs. Spoiler: the group policy was at the user level which made it easy to unapply.
you'd be surprised at the technical capability of phone generations rather than pc generations
Technical aptitude is born of need. Of course this will limit most, but at least some will figure out bypasses.
I find it crazy how the IT departments at the various schools can't seem to understand the economics of it all. The more they lock it down the more motivated the students become to break it. It also doesn't help that schools are censorship hell.
I am less concerned with stopping young people from accessing the web then with general awareness of people about the damaging mental side effects of technology.
Those side effects are usually long term, an account and a few online interactions wont harm much. But a habit will.
If my kids hacks trough my infrastructure i will shine with IT pride… and then update my infrastructure explaining them why it is i am so concerned.
I know they will find ways outside my walled garden but keeping them in was never the point, providing a safe space to live to develop healthy habits is.
They may require real-world credentials for account creation to prevent that from happening.
She said the government was investigating methods of enforcing such restrictions that did not intervene with human rights, such as the requirement for a bank account.
Great hope it helps
Should raise minimum age to 500
All in favor upvote
kids will easily find ways around this, and social medias will facilitate it
aka nothing will change whatsoever
Properly motivated ones will find a way around it. Those just clicking out of habit might not be assed to. If the whole point is zoning out, being asked to perform intellectual labour to access it is counterproductive to the urge.
Is it just me or do is there a unusual amount of hexbear users in this post? Maybe it is just by chance.
yea, one properly motivated one will figure out how to do it, then show all the can't be assed ones
"This legislation is sponsored and brought to you by our good friends over at NordVPN..."
(Joke made to sound like the standard Youtuber sponsor intro)
That's like putting a bandaid on a sucking chest wound.
Why we continue to allow every intelligence agency, gang and terrorist organization in the entire world to have a direct line of access to our whole population is beyond me, and it's hard to explain away without assuming malice from those running our own societies.
I have no problem giving everyone access to means of socializing online. We have or have had BBS, Usenet, IRC and many more ways to do this. The problem with "social media", IMHO, are the algorithms and addictive design concepts as well as the fact that these platforms are designed to extract as much information from the user as possible. The information provided is not the product, the user is.