US EditionLetters: Parents Need to Set the Example About Social Media Use
Experts warn parents about risks like identity theft and AI deepfakes amid Australia's social media ban for under-16s, with no official guidance yet from regulators.
- Australia is debating parental sharing of children's images after the social media ban for under‑16s, while the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said no specific guidance exists and schools continue posting student photos.
- Experts and survivors say children's posts create persistent digital footprints, warning they enable online harms like identity theft, sexual grooming, AI deepfakes, scams, and fraud amid no specific Australian legal rules.
- Influencers and parents are adapting posting habits with privacy tactics like pixelation, blurring, disabling location data, and not posting in real time while Jaclyn Colley says sharing builds community.
- Experts say the ban creates a chance to teach digital consent within families, while an eSafety spokesperson warns unaware sharing may cause embarrassment and poor consent understanding, and Madeleine West urges adults to model social media behaviour.
- International campaigns like Ireland's `Pause Before You Post` add context to Australia's debate, as the campaign launched last month warns small shared details can be exploited.
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Australia has banned kids from social media — should we do the same?
Tonight on Village Media's 'Closer Look' podcast: A very timely conversation with Katherine Martinko, the author of 'Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance'
In Australia, social media is only valid from the age of 16. In this country, too, the law provides for demands for a social media ban. However, the debate goes past the crucial question.
Australia makes it up: No more Tiktok and Co. for under 16-year-olds. If it goes to Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU), there should be such a ban also at European level.
Kiel (dpa) – Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther stands up for a rapid social media ban for children under the age of 16 following the example of Australia. "Of course we also have to bring children and young people together with new media," said the CDU politician of the German Press Agency. "This must be done professionally and accompanied, but we must no longer leave the children in our country alone." Since 10 December, users …
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