Bans and restrictions on use and type of mobile phones are gaining traction.
The social media ban will come as a relief for many parents. But what about babies,toddlers and small children,and their relationship with screens?
If your teenager is raging out of control because you haven’t enforced strong enough boundaries around devices,maybe it’s time to stop blaming social media and look in the mirror.
Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has serious concerns about the laws passed on Friday,but,she explains,we can use privacy legislation to make the internet better for young people.
Millions of former tweeters have taken their spotless minds and ridden,on a butterfly’s wings,to an alternative reality:Bluesky,the microblogging site for progressive idealists.
Australia ranks tenth in the world when it comes to how many emails we produce,with 8.1 billion circulated every day. And it’s a big blind spot for us.
I’ve gone from ‘Tweet Ups’ where we’d meet at a cafe to explore this exciting media frontier,to a terrifying digital wasteland straight out of Mad Max.
Financial crime,sexual exploitation,mental abuse,narcissism,intimidation and misinformation is flooding these platforms,and we need to make it stop now.
In high school,I covered my mirror with paper to avoid seeing my own reflection. The only time I looked at myself was with a beauty filter applied.
Calls have been growing louder for age limits to be raised from 13 to 16. To add to the momentum,some say a ban is the only way to protect our kids. But is it?