Labor will push age-limit legislation for social media through despite the fact scientists and experts have said it won’t work.
I’ve never felt all that comfortable in a tuxedo. But for some formal occasions, only a tux will do. One such event was a recent dazzling evening in Canberra. The kind where you rub shoulders with the nation’s best scientific minds while scoffing delicious cuts of meat. On my table? An astrophysicist, an engineer and an environmental scientist. No, that’s not the start of a joke.
In May, the government set up a joint select committee to “inquire into and report on the influence and impacts of social media on Australian society”. It received more than 200 submissions. It’s yet to be completed. And yet, Labor has decided it will push age-limit legislation through before the end of the year. The move has bipartisan support. And, if social media is to be believed , it also has backing from worried and exhausted parents.have, broadly, is the support of scientists and experts.
We have to get better at telling the stories of scientists. Because, you might not believe it, there’s a parallel universe where this conversation never occurred.It’s balanced. Nuanced. It explains that the scientific literature on digital technologies and young people is messy and uncertain, and how the problem of screen time, social media and our connection to devices is complicated.
And in that universe, we listened to what many scientists and digital media researchers are saying. They’re not saying big tech companies are innocent, or that their apps are designed flawlessly. Like parents and educators, they’re concerned about the ways children navigate the digital environment.
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