Australia is moving forward with a social-media ban for minors, and it made me wonder how people here would react if Switzerland adopted a similar law. Would you support such a measure or push back against it? I’m genuinely interested in the arguments on both sides, whether you see it as necessary protection, government overreach, or something in between.
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Because prohibitions have always worked, or why?
Wouldn’t it be better to learn how to deal with it in the healthiest way possible?
I’d rather ban it for 35+…
Don’t think the bann will ever work and censure is never welcomed, although I’m not against it when it comes to children protection
I agree
How is it enforced? You select your birthdate yourself? A government service verifies your ID? How many accounts per ID? Biometrics check every time you open the app? Other?
I say ban it completely. It’s a scourge in today’s society.
I would find it a bit hypocritical to say that only those under 16 have a problem with social media, when it obviously affects all age groups.
Great move Australia!
100% against it, because i don’t trust any (so far) proposed or implemented ways of keeping track of people‘s ages. just think of the catastrophical implementation of this in the uk, where for example, people either had to *upload their id‘s* or have an ai guess at their age based off interests or a picture.
this is something that should be in the parents‘ responsibility, not enforced by the state.
Cool. You going to enforce it how? Because so far I haven’t really seen a proposal that doesn’t include giving one’s ID to oh-so-trustworthy private companies…
The idea is okay I stand behind it, kids need moderation of social media. But banning it without taking care of the content is the wrong approach in my eyes. Banning brings nothing, kids that want to access it will access it.
I don’t like mainstream social media but would still be 100% against such a measure. That would be the beginning of the end of privacy and anonymity online, with all kinds of websites requiring you to show your ID to login.
I have used social media (Facebook, Google+) since I was around 13 and it has not been detrimental to me and my classmates growing up. Teenagers should learn (and be taught) how to use these things reasonably, or not use them as they please, but not get dictated by the state what to do.
And even if you restrict access to social media, they’ll always have plenty of other ways to share the same content, that you can’t restrict. When I was a teenager it was fashionable to run your own blog…
It’s always to protect the children, not about having more control.
The odd thing is: rather than making those companies responsible and forcing them to interfere with the toxicity they consciously allow a ban for underage teens is the chosen path. While the goal seems legit the path to get there is somewhat questionable. Make those platforms responsible for the content they spread and allow! Facebook for example knows exactly what is being published there, and they turn their heads away.
I wouldn’t support it, such a ban wouldn’t be very Swiss
Everybody asking “how to enforce it” – the fact that it’s illegal means kids can’t use it at School or risk a serious impact. Being illegal is simply a deterrent in itself without the need for any perfect controls. It also sends a message to uninformed parents that the state doesn’t support this due to health concerns, meaning it easier for parents to adopt the same stance at home.
The government should not take over the parent’s job of parenting their children.
Not to mention the practical reality that age verification on the internet has never been perfect and kids will always find a way around it.
Ah yes, let’s ban kids from watching youtube videos, what could possibly go wrong?
What I could get behind is preventing kids from under 16 from posting on social media, that seems reasonable. But banning kids from any space where others can upload content is completely unreasonable and extremely stupid
It would probably be better to just educate all people involved, especially the parents. Create Social Media accounts with your kid, learn about child protection software and actually talk with them about what they are doing on their tablet/Smartphone or the web. I know it is annoying, but this really helps a lot in most cases.
Ah yes show ID online for everything, for the greater good only of course! We promise! Think of the children!
Nanny state mentality is so hot rightnow!
I don’t understand how can people be in favor of this…. Just few months ago UK tried to ban porn to protect kids… it was a shit show and it didn’t work at all, why would this work?
Education is the ONLY answer, it’s not easy, but it’s really the only way…
I wouldn’t necessarily support this, but I strongly agree that something has to be done. I wish I didn’t have social media as a teen.
That’s just surveillance through the backdoor. No anonymous speech if you have to show your ID to prove your age.
Why stop there? Ban it for all of us. No more screen time 😍
I’m for it in theory but wholly against ID checks so that makes me against it in practice.
Completely against this. As a young teen i had access to internet in the early 00s, when all you had were forums. Saw the rise of social media and how TV and Politics started to try to take over and control it.
Take all of this away and you get an entire generation that follows blindly whomever is in power (whatever structure you might think of).
It’s very dangerous. Kids shouldnt be taught to blindly trust authority. And you only get that if they are bombarded by multiple points of view.
I would be 100% against
First of all if the proposal is similiar to the Australian one it would be a total disaster since they’re banning things like youtube but not *roblox and discord*
Second this would either be used as a way to collect people’s info (by making them send your ID to companies) or it wouldn’t be able to enforce anything (or it would make kids more smart on how to bypass them. When I was young there were already *some* restrictions and I simply skipped them)
Lastly I believe that for many kids the negatives are simply not enough to outweight the benefits having access to the internet gives (like learning about social issues such as LGBT representation, the climate, or just simply learning new hobbies)
PLEASE MORE MASS SURVEILLANCE PLEASE MORE PLEASE WE ALL NEED TO BE TRACKED
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Support would be very high. Politics is mainly run by pensioners.
But also make it illegal for 75+
The apps already have age restrictions. It’s up to the parents to enforce it, not the state. If you see kids accounts, just report.