Australians are burnt by social media and hungry for governments to make platforms safer, a surprising new YouGov/Q+A poll reveals.
New YouGov/Q+A polling reveals support for Peter Dutton's plan to restrict childrens' access to platforms like Elon Musk's X.
As community concern grows around how foreign-owned social media platforms operate, and the threat of artificial intelligence further industrialising harm, the new YouGov/Q+A poll offers governments ammunition to act.of 1,533 Australians showed 61 per cent supported restricting social media access to those younger than 17 — with similarly high support among Labor and Coalition supporters.
The government has funded a $6.5 million trial of age assurance technology. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said parents are "rightly concerned" about social media harm but she's worried about the impact of a ban. The number was even higher — 87 per cent — among people who voted for the Coalition at the last election.
In April, the eSafety Commissioner took Elon Musk's X to the Federal Court to force the removal of graphic footage of a Sydney church stabbing, Asked if they had "appreciation of the greater choices and opportunities" of social media, or "concern we don't have a say in deciding what they do or provide", six in 10 chose the latter.Communications Minister Michelle Rowland told Q+A the government was "resolute in our commitment to ensuring that online spaces are safe" and has "quadrupled" funding for the eSafety Commissioner to target and order the removal of harmful content.
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