{"id":27103,"date":"2024-11-30T06:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T06:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/australian-style-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-a-retrograde-step-say-uk-charities\/"},"modified":"2024-11-30T06:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T06:04:16","slug":"australian-style-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-a-retrograde-step-say-uk-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/australian-style-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-a-retrograde-step-say-uk-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian-style social media ban for under-16s \u2018a retrograde step\u2019, say UK charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Child safety experts say similar move in Britain would penalise young people for the failings of tech companies<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2024\/nov\/29\/how-australias-tough-social-media-ban-compares-to-laws-in-other-countries\">How Australia\u2019s tough social media ban compares to laws in other countries<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2024\/nov\/29\/assisted-dying-vote-louise-haigh-keir-starmer-latest-politics-updates-news-live\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Child safety experts have warned the UK government against enacting an Australian-style social media ban for children under 16, which they called a \u201cretrograde step\u201d that would \u201cdo more harm than good\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Australia became the first country in the world to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2024\/nov\/28\/australia-passes-world-first-law-banning-under-16s-from-social-media-despite-safety-concerns\">ban under-16s from using social media platforms<\/a>. The move was supported by a large majority of the Australian public \u2013 but academics, politicians and child rights groups said it could backfire, driving teenagers to the dark web, or make them feel more isolated.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/29\/australia-social-media-ban-under-16s-uk-charities-children\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child safety experts say similar move in Britain would penalise young people for the failings of tech companies How Australia\u2019s tough social media ban compares to laws in other countriesUK politics live \u2013 latest updates Child safety experts have warned the UK government against enacting an Australian-style social media ban for children under 16, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}