Social Media and Teen age suicides
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in youth aged 10–24 years old globally
Direct association was found between heavy social media/internet use and increased
suicide attempt,
Can be positive by allowing access to groups and resources
Likes are addictive
Too much time
Inability to control time - Addiction - Craving for stimulus
Hard for brain to commit information to memory
Think your phone goes off when it didn’t
Dopamine - Chemical that makes people feel good
Self worth - unworthy compared to others
Limit time
Likes and views measure of success
Comparing what they see
Lacking of authentic connection leads to anxiety
Girls 15-19 up 70%
Girls 10-14 up 189%
Dates dropping
Change in generation
Families traumatized
Regulate social media platforms
Affect mental health
Fed information about perfect likes
Regulate feeding of information
Disable Auto Play
The California Legislature enacted the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act
(A.B. 2273) on August 30, 2022. The legislation will compel online platforms to
proactively assess the privacy and protection of children in the design of any
digital product or service that they offer.
New British Law
Press release
New protections for children and free speech added to internet laws
Online Safety Bill to include stronger protections for children,
with platforms forced to be clearer with parents about dangers
New measures will also be added to make social media platforms more transparent
and accountable to their users, as a result of amendments the Government will propose.
The changes will offer users a ‘triple shield’ of protection when online:
social media firms will be legally required to remove illegal content,
take down material in breach of their own terms of service,
and provide adults with greater choice over the content they see and engage with.
Parents and the wider public will benefit from new changes to force tech firms to
publish more information about the risks their platforms pose to children so people
can see what dangers sites really hold.
Firms will be made to show how they enforce their user age limits to stop kids
circumventing authentication methods and they will have to publish details of when the regulator
Ofcom
has taken action against them.
Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan said:
Unregulated social media has damaged our children for too long and it must end.
I will bring a strengthened Online Safety Bill back to Parliament which will allow parents
to see and act on the dangers sites pose to young people.
It is also freed from any threat that tech firms or future governments could use the laws
as a license to censor legitimate views.
Young people will be safeguarded, criminality stamped out and adults given control
over what they see and engage with online.
We now have a binary choice: to get these measures into law and improve things or
squabble in the status quo and leave more young lives at risk.
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