I actually like Australia’s new regulation. I don’t have social media and although it makes me really feel like I’m disregarded of loads of issues, I’m grateful that my mother and father don’t permit me to have it. I see my different mates hooked on the cellphone and social media and all through the years, I’ve realized that they’re lacking out on rather a lot that’s occurring within the outdoors world …
I believe that Australia’s new regulation goes to be very efficient and I believe that when the youngsters get the chance to have social media, they are going to be hesitant or understand that they’re lacking out on much more vital occasions. Quite a lot of my mates who’ve graduated from highschool have began to delete some social media they usually’ve informed me that individuals aren’t utilizing it as a lot. Possibly social media is only a factor that’s principally common throughout the age group of 13-16, so Australia is attempting to cease the social media dependancy and make it in order that individuals are extra current and gained’t find yourself having social media in any respect, even once they get to the age of legally having the ability to have it.
— Rita, Fountain Valley Excessive College
However others, even when they thought the regulation was a good suggestion, doubted it might be efficient.
I consider Australia’s regulation, on paper, is a good suggestion. However I don’t consider it will likely be efficient. Know-how has given younger minds infinite entry to the world, there’ll all the time be a approach for a teen to easily lie about their age and over time new social media will proceed to floor. Generally this may go away the regulation irrelevant and ineffective. Social media has had an awesome unfavourable impact on many individuals, however many teenage minds have develop into reliant on social media and may merely work across the regulation with the intention to discover social media.
I don’t suppose banning all children underneath sixteen from social media is the reply. Take some households in China, for instance — mother and father will be so strict they confiscate telephones. However right here’s the kicker: the stricter the mother and father, the extra these children flip into tech ninjas, plotting like secret brokers to sneak a peek. Some even go full drama mode — stealing cash simply to purchase a cellphone or hitting up web cafes like they’re on an intelligence mission. As an alternative of an outright ban, possibly we should always let teenagers use their telephones moderately — with some steering.
And a few argued it was the unsuitable solution to deal with the actual issues that social media poses.
I believe Australia’s new regulation has the correct thought, however is simply too strict and easily the unsuitable solution to deal with the ever rising social media points. By passing this regulation, Australia is limiting youngsters from useful media retailers that preserve them up-to-date on information, what their mates are as much as, and collaborative conversations with these around the globe, like a good friend or tutor. Whereas I consider that media is harming the way in which younger individuals suppose and understand the world, I believe this might have been dealt with in a different way. As an illustration, a governmental system that filters the media that enters the nation may very well be carried out with the intention to shield the younger minds of youngsters, whereas nonetheless giving them entry to all of the information they wish to pursue.
