Gregory's Server
Tell me, is it the job of the government (whichever country you're in) to parent your children?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzd62g1r3o?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb
Australia's government seems to think so.
Parenting is the job of *parents*, training youngsters how to emotionally handle the world. Social media is a valuable source of information and contact, one which the Australian government believes must be censored from young people.
I would argue that such a ban is an attack on human rights (the right to read, and to free speech).
I say, Australia's Labor Party seems to be a bigger risk of harm towards youths than anything else.
Not that such a ban would actually be enforceable; when you tell young people *not* to do something, they will do it even more.
The young are generally tech-savvy and know how to circumvent internet censorship. The only way to really implement such a ban would perhaps be requiring photo ID to use such sites, but you could use a VPN for instance, accessing it from a country that has no such laws.