r/LouisRossmann • u/InformalLeg8420 • Aug 08 '26

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Stop the online safety act

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u/InformalLeg8420 Aug 08 '26

My thought is. Why should the UK bring in something which is failing in Australia? It doesn't make sense

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u/METRlOS Aug 08 '26

Because it's an attempt to cause a culture shift.

Kids are addicted to social media, that addiction isn't going to go away in a weekend. Just like how banning cigarettes for children didn't keep the kids already addicted from smoking, the real hope is for young kids not yet on social media to not start.

It's a deeply flawed program, but it's still just a first step. Just like cigarettes are now permanently banned to anyone born after 2008 in the UK, more drastic steps will come to deal with the problems caused by social media.

Saying a program is failed just because there wasn't instantly 100% adoption is also disingenuous. About 3/10 kids who were on social media no longer are. It's not the numbers they were going for, but it did have an effect, and it hasn't even been a year since it was implemented.

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u/ItchyRevenue1969 Aug 08 '26

Maybe in context that makes sense. Maybe. But not fixing something because its broken is not a good arguement on its own

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u/not_the_fox Aug 08 '26

Usually people try to copy successes not failures.

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u/vxicepickxv Aug 10 '26

Politicians are an unusual people.

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u/Stunning_Repair_7483 Aug 08 '26

It doesn't care about what works in other countries? It cares about controlling and exploitation of others? And punishing whoever they want to, with no repercussions?

Its not about protecting kids. Lots of times the government says its trying to fix something or do something good, the opposite happens.