Snot nosed brats. We used to live in a lake.
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the government is “trying to play whack-a-mole” with its under-16s social media ban, rather than ensuring “big tech companies are forced to provide safe platforms for everybody.”
The senator said in an afternoon press conference that parents should be “really worried”:
What this ban is going to do, is lock kids out of some spaces, while allowing a free-for-all in other areas, Roblox is one of them.
I am worried the false sense of security that the government has promoted to parents is going to lead children to a much more dangerous place.
I want the internet, I want social media, I want big tech companies held to account.
Guardian Australia’s Sarah Martin spent a week in the world of Roblox, where her young alter ego was “cyber bullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental control in place.”
On Wednesday, the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said Roblox would not be included in Australia’s new social media ban but warned it remained “on the line” as the ban was continually assessed.
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated paedophile hellscape’?
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