In late 2023, the South Australian premier’s spouse put down a e-book she had been studying. It was Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Technology.
“[She] stated to me you higher bloody do one thing about this … after which we started working,” Peter Malinauskas later recalled in an ABC interview.
An American social psychologist, Haidt prescribed a social media ban for these aged beneath 16 as the answer to the psychological well being ills he believes are brought on by the platforms.
In Australia he discovered a keen take a look at topic.
A bumper sticker answer?
The ban was thought of first by the states. South Australia commissioned a evaluation after which held a summit on the topic in partnership with New South Wales.
Fb whistleblower Frances Haugen spoke at day one of many summit, which was held in New South Wales. In emails obtained by Crikey beneath freedom of knowledge, the South Australian authorities wasn’t as eager to listen to from Haugen since she had described a ban as a “bumper sticker answer”.
Haidt spoke through video hyperlink on day two of the summit, which was held in South Australia, saying he was “thrilled” with the potential for a ban.
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