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A YouGov poll revealed that 77% of Germans support banning social media for those under 16, similar to a new Australian law.

The survey found that 82% believe social media harms young people, citing harmful content and addiction.

In Australia, the law fines platforms up to AUD 49.5 million (€30.5M) for allowing under-16s to create accounts, with enforcement trials set before implementation next year. Critics

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[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

It seems that most in Germany do not understand they'll give even more of their online freedom away for no net gain.

Let's mandate state-sanctioned age verification. Some service may accept this, other won't. First loss. Then, some kids will get around that with complacent parents. Other will be pressured into it. In the end, it won't work as a full ban. So, either turn a blind eye to the whole situation (then why bother in the first place), or make it worse: only one account per ID maybe. Big second loss there. And even if it works, it's ignoring that some sites that would qualify as "social media" are the only communication outlet some people have. Third huge loss.

This will only be a terrible annoyance to everyone, prevent some services from growing or even exist, to the benefit of kids using their parents accounts anyway or VPNing around it. They learned how to do that very quickly for other online content.

Laws and rules that are unenforceable at scale are only useful to pin more faults on people when needed, not to help them.

[-] Fleur_@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago

So sad that this will cause social media services to decline

[-] BlesthThySoul@lemy.lol 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And so many dipshit billionaires will become common man...Aint it good at least in this way.

[-] Fleur_@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

I was being sarcastic

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