Protesters say they will dismantle tents after claiming partial success for their aims; more than half the Australians who want to leave New Caledonia have returned home
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Plibersek weighs in on social media ban for under 16s
There has been much discussion this week about the minimum age for social media use, with the prime minister Anthony Albanese endorsing a ban on children under 16 from registering social media accounts.
The healthier interactions are the ones that they’re doing in person – going out playing sport, being human beings with each other. And I think this is the really sad thing about social media. It could have been such a force for bringing people together and in fact, it’s broken its promise to us. We’ve got kids who are more isolated, more depressed, more stressed than ever before.
As parents on our own, it is almost impossible to push back on that, in the same way that the promoters of poker machines or promoters of tobacco [are] really great at using brain science to get people hooked and keep them hooked, because they’re driven by dollars. We know that the social media giants, they’re in the same boat. They’re getting our kids hooked, they’re keeping [them hooked] because they know getting them early means a lifetime of customers.
Continue reading…Protesters say they will dismantle tents after claiming partial success for their aims; more than half the Australians who want to leave New Caledonia have returned homeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPlibersek weighs in on social media ban for under 16sThere has been much discussion this week about the minimum age for social media use, with the prime minister Anthony Albanese endorsing a ban on children under 16 from registering social media accounts.The healthier interactions are the ones that they’re doing in person – going out playing sport, being human beings with each other. And I think this is the really sad thing about social media. It could have been such a force for bringing people together and in fact, it’s broken its promise to us. We’ve got kids who are more isolated, more depressed, more stressed than ever before.As parents on our own, it is almost impossible to push back on that, in the same way that the promoters of poker machines or promoters of tobacco [are] really great at using brain science to get people hooked and keep them hooked, because they’re driven by dollars. We know that the social media giants, they’re in the same boat. They’re getting our kids hooked, they’re keeping [them hooked] because they know getting them early means a lifetime of customers. Continue reading…