[Chapter-delegates] Under 16 Social Media Bab and impact in Australia

[Glenn McKnight]

Hi Thoko
Your comments are well appreciated and very valid as we have seen in a
recent article that the best intentions in Australia has had very little
impact on the numbers of young children accessing social media despite the
updated protocols.  Our forthcoming Seniors and Fraud session will discuss
Roblox and this has been a site accused of being a hot spot for predators,
despite the legislation it remains a problematic site ,  Here is a ebook of
the topic  from a grandfather perspective
https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/The_Grandparent_Roblox_Shield/

All the best
Glenn
Glenn McKnight, MA
Virtual School of Internet Governance
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On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 at 20:44, Thoko Miya <msthokomiya at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Glenn,
>
> I think researchers and the world at large have been waiting with bated
> breath for these results or the retrospective review/ case study on social
> media bans for teenagers in relation to Australias new law.
>
> I think this proves that policymaking, even in the digital age, requires
> buy-in for grassroots implementation by parents and caregivers. This early
> evidence shows that platforms must compile a
> multistakeholder/multi-disciplinary set of policies that give
> accountability back to people and build capacity for daily decision-making
> in the home. This approach enforces policy rather than relying only on
> safeguards and access restrictions.
>
> Teenagers use social media for much more than social communication and
> legitimate reasons provided to caregivers for bypass on access restrictions
> could quickly escalate to proposals and negotiations for social use. I
> believe regulating platform providers and their relationship with content
> uploaders and advertises would be far more effective.
>
> Honestly, platform regulation and fining non-compliant owners remains in
> my view one of the more applicable methods for regulating teenage content
> and mitigating addictive algorithms.
>
> *Just a few rough thoughts on the matter.
>
> Kind regards
> Thoko Miya
>
> On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 at 02:26, Glenn McKnight via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/australia-s-social-media-ban-sees-only-small-dip-in-teen-users?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid
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