Australia’s first-of-its-kind legislation that restricts young people from using popular social media sites came into effect Wednesday, and other countries are considering following suit, but an expert says a similar blanket ban for youth isn’t likely to work in Canada.
Unintended consequences? Of what? Living like it’s 2010, before the slow build up of mass enshittification of everything that’s on the internet since then? Sure. I’d rather have kids playing some video games - ones that likely will teach them some skills rather than doom scrolling and being fed algorithmic AI slop.