[LINK] "What’s Doomscrolling really costing you?"

[Tom Worthington]

On 9/10/24 09:01, Sylvano wrote:

> as we follow Labor’s evolving social media ban policy for people
> under age X ...

It troubles me that our MPs think young people need protecting from what 
they see online, but are mature enough to be sentenced for adult crimes.

> - insert a 10 second public service announcement, "What’s
> Doomscrolling really costing you?" ...

Those ads don't work. It is just something inserted so legislators can 
be seen to be doing something. In that sense it is an excellent idea for 
online content.

> Crackpot idea? You have anything better?

Tell the companies what age their customers can't be, then occasionally 
check. Leave it to the companies to work out how they tell how old 
customers are and just regulate their performance. Impose on-the-spot 
penalties based on the level of non-compliance.


-- 
Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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