According to the latest episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Australia— as well as a number of other nations now in talks to enact similar policy— social media has been banned for users under 16. Not mentioned but simultaneously as globally platforms (from) Discord (to Porn sites, in certain states) begin implementing a form of visual identification/ authentication for access. An interesting difference in means of mediation; one being a seeming invasion of privacy, or in many mind perceived as such, and the other an implementation of moreso for adolescents. While understandable in a certain perspective, contextually in the US with current events and the alleged ties between school photos as brief notable example, there’s questionable aspects to it.
Reasoning noting in the addictiveness of media mediums; and relating that if any other thing was (called cause in cases for) killing people with such an innately possessive nature, would be strictly regulated. Like having a set age for drinking or the purchase of tobacco products. Sensible in a certain regard; it used to be a challenge to find addictive content, in the same sense adolescents— specifically between 13 and 20– will attempt, and in some moments succeed, and procuring anything from cigarettes to weed and sexuality.
Exposing a level of irony, parenting has long touted the line against peer pressure— as it removes part of their own perceived authority in their own units— explaining much of it is, in part resulting because, ‘all the other kids have it’. Giving in so as to not possibly stunt their social development; all the while as those who were hit with the tech advancements in the most crucial years first, emerge with reporter regret in the resulted loss in social development from it’s over-inclusion so forced upon them.
Retro-revolution being on the rise for the better few years— starting mostly from the re-popularization of vinyl records and likely in some byproduct of the hipster hype preceding it— is given an alternatively marketed route of content consumption. In a way, it’s like an actualization of past power interlaced with mixed optics, creating total environments which bring actualization, at least a modern form of it, to the phrase ‘retro-futurism’.
Interestingly, it was the younger demographic in this 13 to around 32 age bracket are responsible for literal revolutionary reorganization of entire nations in the last 365 day cycle. Utilizing the platform of Discord, notably to democratically elect a new leader figure in the instance of Nepal; it’s curious the same platform is beginning restrictive measures with its new ownership; as all the other implemented prohibitions begin.
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