Meta has revised how teenagers will experience Instagram. It’s a win – especially if it prompts parents to talk to their kids about online safety.
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Experts know simply banning kids from social media isn’t going to protect them from harm – but there’s lots of evidence on what we can do instead.
The Australian government will test tools to shield kids from inappropriate material online. Even though there’s no one easy fix, these checks could help.
The risk of experiencing harm online is real, especially for children – but decades of research don’t support the alarmist tropes used in these conversations.
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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RMIT University
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Research Fellow in Digital Childhoods, Deakin University
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Co-Director, Young and Resilient Research Centre/Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
