Absolutely they should 🤔👍. Think about it… We do often hear about kids being bullied & bashed in schools & in sickening fashion, the fights are often posted online 🫢. They are also targeted by sicko sexual predators & if they are banned from social media sites, then hopefully the risk of that happening will be reduced dramatically 🤞😏. Thanks for tackling this issue Ozzy Man. Take care & all the best mate.
They’d have to do some serious research in how to enforce this… Especially if they register for social media apps & websites under false names & saying they’re older than they actually are.
I am of the opinion that 16 is the absolute minimum age for stuff like facebook. For instagram I would rather it be even higher. Like voting age whatever that might be in your country.
I'm 69 (snicker) and remember the beginnings of the World Wide Web, I do. Also, I'm a historian (not "an historian," you don't say "an hotel" or "This is an heavy topic, Ozzy Man" do ya?) and as A Historian, I can assure you that humans (that's plural of A Human) have always acted like humans--presence of The Interwebs notwithstanding. By the way, I'm coming to Potts Point, NSW next March and am planning on defecting. Can you help me with that, Ozzy Man? I mean, I know Perth is on the other side, but...
Yes they should do it. I’m sure they won’t here in americA but that’s because our country thrives on addiction. It’s destroying the human soul successfully. Once you give a young child a phone they don’t know what to do without it, especially girls.
I am well over 50, given that I'm 74, and while I agree with your statement that many people over 50 should not be allowed anything to do with the internet, that doesn't apply to all of us. A blanket statement like the one you made is harmful. Using generalizations is harmful. You can't lump us all together because some of us are quite capable of spotting the BS, the ads with bad hooks, the scams, etc. It isn't hard to educate oneself about such things. Love your videos, BTW.
As for the youngsters being on the internet, it would be next to impossible to implement that, given the fact that so many countries are involved with the entire mess. A regulation in Australia would never affect China, for example. Some countries don't allow any internet to pass their borders...or so they think. We all know that those countries have many people who watch whatever they want on line. Claiming that they don't know what's going on, such as the Russian populace is trying to say re Ukraine, is just a ruse to keep on being jerks. I'm pretty sure people in every country who really want to see what the internet is tossing out there will find a way to do it. How can it be stopped? There will always be people in the world who try to take advantage of other people. It can't be controlled any more than we can get insects to agree to stop coming into our homes.
They should be banned outright. Not that I'm currently having a hellish train journey where two kids are running riot and screaming all the way through the thing.
But yeah. Social media is a great tool, but like all good tools people will eventual abuse it. Not allowing kids on may stem that flow a little. They'll find ways around it though.
You're right Ozzy Man, it's more than just a few platforms. It's how we choose to let our children be on the internet. Some parents don't have a way to stop their kids without completely kicking them off the internet. And many parents aren't willing to pull the plug due to bullying from their school peer groups. Kids are vicious when it comes to being on social media but you're a pariah at school if you aren't online at all.
It's a sticky subject but I agree with you that humans be humaning.
I enjoyed this bit today. I could have gotten into an actual chat about it. My eldest son is your age, my youngest is 24. They grew up watching kiddy TV like Disney and Nic Junior. But, I also had kid-appropriate games on the computer. They became computer savvy and learned to exit out by clicking on the X. just like your kiddo. It is all proper adult supervision. Then they become sneaky pre-teens and then the dreaded teenage years. In those years, they will do the opposite of what you want and you have to step up your game. One of my sisters lets her kids hook up with FaceBook at 12, but she stays on top of what they are doing. That's good because those years are when the bullying is worse than what we ever went through in person. Also, that is when they are subject to creeps grooming them for sexual encounters. There is a middle ground and it requires both parents to be aware and stay on top of what Sonny is doing. My son snuck into some adult games (rated Teen) when he was 8 ish. He woke up one night with nightmares because he thought he had killed our German Shepherd. It seems my idiot brother-inlaw had let him play Wolfenstein Prison and my son had been killing lots of guard dogs. His immature brain had a heyday with that! There is a reason games are rated how they are and parents need to realize that kids don't process stuff like adults until they are 25 or so.
I have issues with government entities acting like they are our parents by restricting things that are out of their purview. I understand why they do it, I just don't like it. Restricting kids under 16 will not get them off of the internet. It will not stop bullying behavior or pedophilia grooming. If passing a law would prevent the action, the 10 Commandments would have been the last laws issued!
Absolutely they should 🤔👍. Think about it… We do often hear about kids being bullied & bashed in schools & in sickening fashion, the fights are often posted online 🫢. They are also targeted by sicko sexual predators & if they are banned from social media sites, then hopefully the risk of that happening will be reduced dramatically 🤞😏. Thanks for tackling this issue Ozzy Man. Take care & all the best mate.
They’d have to do some serious research in how to enforce this… Especially if they register for social media apps & websites under false names & saying they’re older than they actually are.
If you haven’t already done it offer to be a consultant to your government- you know shitloads more than they do and could be invaluable to them!
Maybe they want us to all have a digital ID so we can prove our age?
I am of the opinion that 16 is the absolute minimum age for stuff like facebook. For instagram I would rather it be even higher. Like voting age whatever that might be in your country.
I'm 69 (snicker) and remember the beginnings of the World Wide Web, I do. Also, I'm a historian (not "an historian," you don't say "an hotel" or "This is an heavy topic, Ozzy Man" do ya?) and as A Historian, I can assure you that humans (that's plural of A Human) have always acted like humans--presence of The Interwebs notwithstanding. By the way, I'm coming to Potts Point, NSW next March and am planning on defecting. Can you help me with that, Ozzy Man? I mean, I know Perth is on the other side, but...
Yes they should do it. I’m sure they won’t here in americA but that’s because our country thrives on addiction. It’s destroying the human soul successfully. Once you give a young child a phone they don’t know what to do without it, especially girls.
I am well over 50, given that I'm 74, and while I agree with your statement that many people over 50 should not be allowed anything to do with the internet, that doesn't apply to all of us. A blanket statement like the one you made is harmful. Using generalizations is harmful. You can't lump us all together because some of us are quite capable of spotting the BS, the ads with bad hooks, the scams, etc. It isn't hard to educate oneself about such things. Love your videos, BTW.
As for the youngsters being on the internet, it would be next to impossible to implement that, given the fact that so many countries are involved with the entire mess. A regulation in Australia would never affect China, for example. Some countries don't allow any internet to pass their borders...or so they think. We all know that those countries have many people who watch whatever they want on line. Claiming that they don't know what's going on, such as the Russian populace is trying to say re Ukraine, is just a ruse to keep on being jerks. I'm pretty sure people in every country who really want to see what the internet is tossing out there will find a way to do it. How can it be stopped? There will always be people in the world who try to take advantage of other people. It can't be controlled any more than we can get insects to agree to stop coming into our homes.
They should be banned outright. Not that I'm currently having a hellish train journey where two kids are running riot and screaming all the way through the thing.
But yeah. Social media is a great tool, but like all good tools people will eventual abuse it. Not allowing kids on may stem that flow a little. They'll find ways around it though.
You're right Ozzy Man, it's more than just a few platforms. It's how we choose to let our children be on the internet. Some parents don't have a way to stop their kids without completely kicking them off the internet. And many parents aren't willing to pull the plug due to bullying from their school peer groups. Kids are vicious when it comes to being on social media but you're a pariah at school if you aren't online at all.
It's a sticky subject but I agree with you that humans be humaning.
Kids need to be protected. They are way to ahead, now a days, then they should be.
I just did a search and was shocked to find that ICQ only shut down in June 2024.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Over?
I enjoyed this bit today. I could have gotten into an actual chat about it. My eldest son is your age, my youngest is 24. They grew up watching kiddy TV like Disney and Nic Junior. But, I also had kid-appropriate games on the computer. They became computer savvy and learned to exit out by clicking on the X. just like your kiddo. It is all proper adult supervision. Then they become sneaky pre-teens and then the dreaded teenage years. In those years, they will do the opposite of what you want and you have to step up your game. One of my sisters lets her kids hook up with FaceBook at 12, but she stays on top of what they are doing. That's good because those years are when the bullying is worse than what we ever went through in person. Also, that is when they are subject to creeps grooming them for sexual encounters. There is a middle ground and it requires both parents to be aware and stay on top of what Sonny is doing. My son snuck into some adult games (rated Teen) when he was 8 ish. He woke up one night with nightmares because he thought he had killed our German Shepherd. It seems my idiot brother-inlaw had let him play Wolfenstein Prison and my son had been killing lots of guard dogs. His immature brain had a heyday with that! There is a reason games are rated how they are and parents need to realize that kids don't process stuff like adults until they are 25 or so.
I have issues with government entities acting like they are our parents by restricting things that are out of their purview. I understand why they do it, I just don't like it. Restricting kids under 16 will not get them off of the internet. It will not stop bullying behavior or pedophilia grooming. If passing a law would prevent the action, the 10 Commandments would have been the last laws issued!