Indonesia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16 (theguardian.com) 47
Indonesia will ban children under 16 from having accounts on major social media platforms as part of a government push to protect minors from harmful content, addiction, and online threats. The rule will roll out starting March 28 and makes Indonesia the first country in Southeast Asia to impose such a restriction. The Guardian reports: Meutya Hafid said in a statement to media said that she signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can no longer have accounts on high-risk digital platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Roblox and Bigo Live, a popular livestreaming site. With a population of about 285 million, the fourth-highest in the world, the south-east Asian nation represents a significant market for social networks.
The implementation will start gradually from 28 March, until all platforms fulfill their compliance obligations. "The basis is clear. Our children face increasingly real threats. From exposure to pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud, and most importantly addiction. The government is here so that parents no longer have to fight alone against the giant of algorithms," Hafid said.
She added that the government is taking this step as the best effort in the midst of a digital emergency to reclaim sovereignty over children's futures. "We realize that the implementation of this regulation may cause some discomfort at first. Children may complain and parents may be confused about how to respond to their children's complaints," Hafid said.
The implementation will start gradually from 28 March, until all platforms fulfill their compliance obligations. "The basis is clear. Our children face increasingly real threats. From exposure to pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud, and most importantly addiction. The government is here so that parents no longer have to fight alone against the giant of algorithms," Hafid said.
She added that the government is taking this step as the best effort in the midst of a digital emergency to reclaim sovereignty over children's futures. "We realize that the implementation of this regulation may cause some discomfort at first. Children may complain and parents may be confused about how to respond to their children's complaints," Hafid said.
That's right you brats! (Score:3)
If you wanna do sneaky shit you're gonna have to go outside!
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record outside activities, comment and send to all your friends! It's FREE!
NextDoor.com will sue you :)
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As I understand it, and I am not a psychiatrist, is that social media triggers the release of dopamine, which makes people feel good, but excessive use is addictive and leads to lack of concentration and sleeping problems.
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Freedom was never the same after they banned five year olds from buy porn magazines.
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I remember reading some "news" article where the author referred to a 22 year old as a "child", more generally the writer referred to "22 year old children".
In my US state the age of (sexual) consent is 16. I'm all in favor of limiting (actual) children's exposure to p0rn, violence, etc., but at the same time you have to prepare them for actual life. In fact, sheltering them too much just makes them more curious and anxious to explore some things that might be detrimental and cause regrets later in life.
Poi
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It is currently in force only in Australia and China and under consideration in France (pending Senate approval), Spain and Italy (no vote yet), Greece, Denmark, Romania, and Norway (under consideration).
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Also New Zealand (under consideration). And obviously in force in Indonesia.
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Can't come soon enough.
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Indonesia, a country with such extreme relious ideology, the drinking age is 21.
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There's plenty of mirrors. For example .ax, .es, .mx, .fr, .lol, .info are all online and not domain-squatted.
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But the unhappy people never seem to vote.
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And yet here still you are! You some how survived. Oh my!
I grew up with unfettered access to the Internet and I can't see how it's negatively affected me, other then providing me access to knowledge on any topic I could want to find out about.
Now, that doesn't mean the Internet I grew up on is the Internet we have today. Social media really is a parasite. If glam magazines from the 90s were hurting our youth's self-image (especially young ladies, apparently), then social media REALLY has to be doing a numbe
Re: The world needs to come to a consensus (Score:2)
I grew up with unfettered access to the Internet and I can't see how it's negatively affected me, other then providing me access to knowledge on any topic I could want to find out about.
So did I, but when facebook first started I was old enough to know that I wanted no part in it. The Internet of the early 2000s was a very different place to that of today.
Halfway there. (Score:3)
Now they just need to bad social media for people that are at least 16 and they will have fixed the problems with social media.
This can't make Zuckerberg happy (Score:1)
raise the age (Score:2)
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Most of us survived. If you are scared of the possibility you may catch covid, or worse, then go seal yourself in a bubble. The rest of us accept life comes with dangers and we just got to do our best. Same as it's ever been.
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Don't worry, I'm sure they are working towards killing Internet platforms immunity for user content. When that happens, most small operators will not be able to offer that up, as they won't be able to insure it's free of whatever it is government wants censored at any given moment in time.
Facebook will stick around with more restrictions. It won't go away. Besides, do you really think the government doesn't monitor the largest network of morons, ahem, citizens in the world? They definitely do.
I'll take the
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The obvious thing to do is just to kill immunity for platforms that have an algorithm decide what you see (maybe only those over a certain size)
Chronological feeds of everything you follow / choose to look at? immunity remains
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I'll take the dangerous Internet that we have because the alternative will just be a corporate controlled commercial space.
The dangerous internet that we have is a corporate controlled commercial space.
Window Title Bar (Score:2)
What is with every app wanting to use the window title bar for tab or buttons, or other garbage?
No More Anonymity On The Internet (Score:2)
Everyone is piling into the age and Know Your Customer requirements.
This is the end of anonymity on the internet. I guess it might be an opportunity for the dark web to become mainstream, but I doubt it. Especially if they do age or KYC verification for the OS.
Re:No More Anonymity On The Internet (Score:4, Insightful)
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You think you have anonymity on the internet
News at 11... you dont.
Re: No More Anonymity On The Internet (Score:2)
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Most people don't get to see my IP address, and therefore can't run a whois query on me. Only server owners have that, and that too assumes that no VPN has been used during the trip to the site
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they want to do all the criminal things they like while the rest of the population are like blind sheep waiting to be sheered and slaughtered
The USA started out as a federal republic but has since degenerated into a kleprocratic neo-feudalist banana-republic run by a criminal mafia oligarchy
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Before you get too wrapped up in your American hatred, I'd like to point out that the article is about Indonesia. I'd also like to point out that similar initiatives are also underway in The UK, The EU, Australia, China... The United States is not alone in this overreach. In fact, they are rather late to the party.
The end of anonymity on the internet is a global phenomenon.
Re: No More Anonymity On The Internet (Score:2)
Social Media Risks Outnumber Benefits for Kids (Score:2)
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Give them time to learn critical thinking , they are not born with it, and it takes many years of gradual learning.
It also gives kids shelter from the Dopamine hits Social Media delivers while their brains are developing
If you are online, anonymity is an illusion, especially on social media sites.
If you want real freedom and real anonymity then throw away your cellphone and get off the internet. Get someone else to do your shopping for you, that is just more data they gather about you.
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