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

submitted 15 hours 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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[-] pineapple@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

100% The root cause is addictive algorithms and big tech not giving a shit.

One could argue that the fediverse such as lemmy can be addictive (I should really be going to bed rn but here I am), but nowhere near to the same extent as something like facebook or instagram which causes people to be so addicted they seperate themselves from society and social relationships, get driven to suicide, participate in excessive buying due to ads etc...

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