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Screen time needs to be regulated ? (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 days ago by gaymer@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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We live in a world where screens have taken over. Our children's are showing early sign of anxiety, depression, eye issues , wearing glasses at young age because of being exposed to screens for long time.

Cigarettes had the same effect. Before it was normalised and people use to smoke anywhere and everywhere but then when scientists realised the harmful effects, it was regulated. Do you support regulating screentime as it has harmful effects of childrens and adults?

FYI- Australia banned social media for under 16 which is highly successful and other countries are trying to learn from Australia on how they defeated big tech.

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[–] ambitiousslab@feddit.uk 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

For me, the problem is not all screen time, but big tech proprietary software companies. I don't support regulating screen time, but I do think governments should regulate big tech companies harder, while investing in free software - that genuinely serves user interests and has no incentive to be addicting or harmful - as an alternative.

Big tech explicitly tries to keep people addicted, whatever the consequences. They don't support user agency. Even if you want to make Facebook/Instagram/TikTok etc. less addicting, you are limited to a "show less like this" button that probably does nothing. On iOS and Android, companies abuse the notification categories, and yet there's no way to filter out keywords or work around this, despite the widespread abuse of user attention.

If everyone had full control over their own (or their child's) devices and algorithms, I doubt there would be such a backlash against technology as a whole. But, despite all the bad the techbros are doing, technology can be so empowering when it serves the users. To regulate screen time seems to me to treat the amazing parts of technology the same as the worst parts.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm with you, my kid is a grumpy mess if there's too much YouTube time, but watching Avatar on jellyfin? No problem. Things improved once we actively curated what's available on YouTube and cut out the trash on YouTube kids.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So real! As long as your talking about the Avatar that isn't blue...

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

The avatar with arrows. Sometimes blue, but usually only the arrows get glowy blue.