From algorithms to autonomy: Wippa wants teens to have their ‘first best summer’
Wippa and 36 Months are spearheading a campaign aimed at getting teenagers outside for adventures and brain-freezes this summer
Australians kids aged between 13 and 16 are heading into their very first summer without the crutch of social media to help while away the hours.
From December 10, Australia will switch off social media access for this age group across Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, X and Youtube. The changes to the Online Safety Act are designed to protect those at a vulnerable age from the minefield of mental health issues, explicit content, and the addictive, mindless scrolling that these platforms bring.
36 Months, the grassroots organisation that played a vital role in pressuring the government to implement the world-first ban, is now looking for support to help make these coming school holidays unforgettable for platform-less kids.
The “Best Summer Ever” – lol.
Sure it will be awesome when all the kids are at the beach and they can’t send each other Snapchat messages or Instagram DM’s to get their friends there. God forbid they go on Facebook (how old school) and send each other Messenger details to organise a party, or to go to the Mall, Cricket, Park etc.
Perhaps they should just get their parents to supervise them doing homework across their “Best Ever Summer”.
These kids are 13/14/15. Not Seven or Eight.
If you think kids won’t be on social media.
They’ll find ways around it or find new platforms not covered in this pointless ban.
There’s Nothing kids like better than being told what to do by a guy nearing 50 years old. Is sure to land very strongly.