‘For the good of the kids’: Gov launches age ban campaign
A still from the 'For the good of' campaign
The Australian government has released a new campaign to help prepare parents and children for the impending ban on social media accounts for under-16s.
The “For the good of” video and audio campaign will first air on Sunday night, although the Minister for Communications has yet to respond on which channels it will use.
The video campaign depicts several children with their smartphones while a voiceover says: “For the good of Kirsty, for the good of Lucy and Anya, for the good of Sam, for the good of Holly, for the good of Noah, for the good of their wellbeing.
For the good of everyone, this campaign should not go ahead. Digital ID is the point of no return.
Always hear that social media causes problems, but the only things that I can get from this, is mostly bad parenting. One article I read today was that social media causes reduction in intelligence but it didn’t explain why, just said it did with little evidence to back it up. I also think that the communications minister couldn’t explain to anyone how the internet actually works. If you do fight for this censorship, then you should also carefully watch what your child is taught at schools, ensure they’re getting a good education and not one based on bias.
Whilst I understand the concerns around censorship, Meta in particular has shown a complete indifference to the harmful content on its platforms and the damage it has caused to kids. We are not lacking for data to prove that.
The ease with which Instagram was able to make changes this week demonstrated that it was always easily within their capability, there was just no political will.
In a question of whether I trust the Government or Meta to do better for our children, I side with the Government.