Social media ban (1 Viewer)

[spiderlemonade]

I'm surprised there's no thread here yet since the other hs chats keep yapping about it, so i made one :>

What do y'all think of the social media ban for under 16s? According to ABC news the government is considering adding Roblox, Reddit, Discord, Whatsapp, Steam, Lego Play, Twitch, Pinterest, Steam, Omegle, and Tumblr to the list of banned apps + youtube isn't fully banned bc it's educational but theyre making it so that under 16s cant make an account

My view:
As someone who was born at a very young age(currently year 8) I think that there should definitely be something done about social media use for teenagers especially around harmful content and the impact of social media on mental health. But i don't think a complete ban is the right solution, plus come on, they're banning the lego app

Also i'm curious about how accurate the age verification system would be. If they use face verification, what if someone looks older or younger than their age? If they use ID verification, wouldn't that make it an easy target for hackers? Either way, everyone's gonna be using a VPN anyways...

 

[coolcat6778]

AI face verification is the way to go, not ID.

 

[Shavi Masee]

I'm surprised there's no thread here yet since the other hs chats keep yapping about it, so i made one :>

What do y'all think of the social media ban for under 16s? According to ABC news the government is considering adding Roblox, Reddit, Discord, Whatsapp, Steam, Lego Play, Twitch, Pinterest, Steam, Omegle, and Tumblr to the list of banned apps + youtube isn't fully banned bc it's educational but theyre making it so that under 16s cant make an account

My view:
As someone who was born at a very young age(currently year 8) I think that there should definitely be something done about social media use for teenagers especially around harmful content and the impact of social media on mental health. But i don't think a complete ban is the right solution, plus come on, they're banning the lego app

Also i'm curious about how accurate the age verification system would be. If they use face verification, what if someone looks older or younger than their age? If they use ID verification, wouldn't that make it an easy target for hackers? Either way, everyone's gonna be using a VPN anyways...

i remember there was a thread on it a while ago, or atleast it was discussed somewhere...
i think people under 16 are just gonna find different ways to interact online

but removing pinterest is crazy....
and whatsapp, thatss how i talk to my parents T-T it's like a normal texting service

 

[Study to success]

i remember there was a thread on it a while ago, or atleast it was discussed somewhere...
i think people under 16 are just gonna find different ways to interact online

This is my sign to create my own social media platform for under 16s hehe. Also what if under 16s just steal their parents phone/ account and then just access it that way

 

[Shavi Masee]

This is my sign to create my own social media platform for under 16s hehe.

niche in the market fr

 

[Tony Stark]

I started a messaging app as a project a while ago but haven't got time to work on it...perhaps this is a good opportunity to make doubloons

 

[spiderlemonade]

AI face verification is the way to go, not ID.

I kinda agree w this, if only AI was accurate

Biased Technology: The Automated Discrimination of Facial Recognition

Studies show that facial recognition is least reliable for people of color, women, and nonbinary individuals. And that can be life-threatening when the technology is in the hands of law enforcement.

www.aclu-mn.org

Study finds gender and skin-type bias in commercial artificial-intelligence systems

A new paper from the MIT Media Lab's Joy Buolamwini shows that three commercial facial-analysis programs demonstrate gender and skin-type biases, and suggests a new, more accurate method for evaluating the performance of such machine-learning systems.

news.mit.edu

i think they'll use AI for it anyways. it's not like they're gonna manually review the faces of 27 million people

 

[Study to success]

I started a messaging app as a project a while ago but haven't got time to work on it...perhaps this is a good opportunity to make doubloons

Can I do ui design and u do back end coding hehe. I can also figure out finances

 

[Tony Stark]

i kinda agree w this, if only AI was accurate

Biased Technology: The Automated Discrimination of Facial Recognition

Studies show that facial recognition is least reliable for people of color, women, and nonbinary individuals. And that can be life-threatening when the technology is in the hands of law enforcement.

www.aclu-mn.org

Study finds gender and skin-type bias in commercial artificial-intelligence systems

A new paper from the MIT Media Lab's Joy Buolamwini shows that three commercial facial-analysis programs demonstrate gender and skin-type biases, and suggests a new, more accurate method for evaluating the performance of such machine-learning systems.

news.mit.edu

i think they'll use AI for it anyways. it's not like they're gonna manually review the faces of 27 million people

Nah what about the arabs with full beards at 14

 

[spiderlemonade]

chat if discord actually gets banned im gonna tell my friends to make a BOS account

 

[xyyvii]

Isn’t YouTube also getting banned

 

[its_ace21]

I'm surprised there's no thread here yet since the other hs chats keep yapping about it, so i made one :>

What do y'all think of the social media ban for under 16s? According to ABC news the government is considering adding Roblox, Reddit, Discord, Whatsapp, Steam, Lego Play, Twitch, Pinterest, Steam, Omegle, and Tumblr to the list of banned apps + youtube isn't fully banned bc it's educational but theyre making it so that under 16s cant make an account

My view:
As someone who was born at a very young age(currently year 8) I think that there should definitely be something done about social media use for teenagers especially around harmful content and the impact of social media on mental health. But i don't think a complete ban is the right solution, plus come on, they're banning the lego app

Also i'm curious about how accurate the age verification system would be. If they use face verification, what if someone looks older or younger than their age? If they use ID verification, wouldn't that make it an easy target for hackers? Either way, everyone's gonna be using a VPN anyways...

I will miss fighting w kids on roblox

 

[killer queen]

@spiderlemonade you're right about the hacking - have you guys seen the Discord hack? apparently, because of the child safety laws in Britain, many many addresses, credit cards, and other identification of under 16s were in Discord's servers - the hacker supposedly shared screenshots of certain unsavoury individuals offering money for the identities of these children. (yes, you're thinking what I mean.) idk how true all this info is but I've seen it from multiple sources so...correct me if I'm wrong

 

[its_ace21]

@spiderlemonade you're right about the hacking - have you guys seen the Discord hack? apparently, because of the child safety laws in Britain, many many addresses, credit cards, and other identification of under 16s were in Discord's servers - the hacker supposedly shared screenshots of certain unsavoury individuals offering money for the identities of these children. (yes, you're thinking what I mean.) idk how true all this info is but I've seen it from multiple sources so...correct me if I'm wrong

Ive heard about this too. A server that im in was sending out warnings to ppl to not accept random dms because its been happening to ppl

 

[HazzRat]

 

[spiderlemonade]

Isn’t YouTube also getting banned

i remember they said you just can't sign in or make an account if you're under 16, it makes sense since theres a lot of educational vids
and i need my chem + bio videos

 

[spiderlemonade]

I will miss fighting w kids on roblox

real
one time there were these kids that were using the word gay as an insult so i argued with them for over an hour
roblox deadass taught me how to debate

 

[spiderlemonade]

@spiderlemonade you're right about the hacking - have you guys seen the Discord hack? apparently, because of the child safety laws in Britain, many many addresses, credit cards, and other identification of under 16s were in Discord's servers - the hacker supposedly shared screenshots of certain unsavoury individuals offering money for the identities of these children. (yes, you're thinking what I mean.) idk how true all this info is but I've seen it from multiple sources so...correct me if I'm wrong

thats crazy, ive never heard about it :0

 

[Shavi Masee]

Isn’t YouTube also getting banned

oh my sister's cooked
wait, actually maybe not, idk what she watches on yt

 

[Socialism]

there are suggestions that GitHub, a file sharing repository mainly used for software development, will be banned

it's SO dumb
and 4chan isn't being banned? like wtf