The secret deal behind the teenage social media ban
The secret deal behind the teenage social media ban
www.crikey.com.au
'No fucking sense': The secret deal which removed a 'crucial' part of the teen social media ban
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Honestly, I would seriously consider getting the kiddies version of the App if it was “without features like algorithmic recommendations, engagement prompts like push notifications, and AI chatbots”.
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and that's why they'll never release it.
Lose all that engagement or force users to hand over ID? You know which one they will pick
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This missing key provision — called the “exemption framework” — had been previously described publicly by the government itself as being crucial to making sure that the law would “protect, not isolate, young people”. The exemption offered tech companies a way out of the ban if they were able to prove that their apps weren’t risky for teens to use.
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De-paywalled archive link: https://archive.is/EE2r6
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Why the fuck is the media still calling this a kids social media ban instead of what it really is? A fucking Trojan horse for govt and big tech to further erode digital rights and harvest more personal data.
It's honestly a travesty we got this before an Australian version of the GDPR...
@MisterFrog @Longmactoppedup “[The original bill] would have put Australia in a leading position to regulate big tech in a way that wasn’t just overly punitive. But then it got gutted six ways to Sunday,”
Wow. Letting Australian politicians near technology has ended in a pointless expensive mess? :blobcatfacepalm:
Because it is also a fucking Trojan horse for The Media to further erode digital rights and harvest more personal data.