LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens

I genuinely think this is one of the reasons the coalition had such a hard-on for it

I’m disappointed that Albo didn’t drop this bullshit policy

There’s nothing to be gained by appeasing conservative Australians by going with a coalition policy, they’ll hate him for another made-up reason

That’s stupid. Don’t do their work for them… Social media isn’t the ONLY fucking way to build and keep online communities, FFS.

I’d argue that social media really shouldn’t be used by anyone. Not in its current form anyway. Forums are fine, anonymized shit that can be curated like Lemmy is okay.

I also don’t think “won’t somebody please think of the gay people” as any more compelling than “won’t somebody please think of the children?”

Social media is toxic and the kind of genitalia you like doesn’t really factor into that at all.

How about a corporate social media ban for everyone, and then everyone can use the Fediverse?

But yeah, seriously, online censorship ‘for the children’ only harms children by reinforcing offline bubbles, and preventing one of the few escape routes from being an option. It’s really bad.