Australia’s social media ban for people under sixteen is a gigantic leap forward for societal well-being. Social medias like Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok are detrimental to the mental health of the user, and they’re designed that way. Because of the ban, young kids and teenagers will have to find something else to do besides sitting around, entranced in a world of perfection and hyperconsumerism. I know that at least personally, Instagram does not benefit me in any way human interaction couldn’t.
Social media is made to frack us and extract our attention so that the extremely wealthy and elite can make more money. They cannot possibly need that much money. There aren’t any barriers for the corporations affected either; they already know exactly who minors are, so banning most of them shouldn’t be difficult.
The rest of the world should also enact similar laws for their children, partly so they can grow up actually talking to people, and partly so they don’t become a product at age eight. Australia has made a monumental decision for their next generation, and everyone else should too.
Posted in response to the challenge In Australia.
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I love the fracking comparison.
Thank you! I picked it up at a lecture I attended on the subject at a local university.
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