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"Last week, organisations from Australia’s online industries submitted a final
draft of new industry codes aimed at protecting children from
“age-inappropriate content” to the eSafety commissioner.
The commissioner will now decide if the codes are appropriate to be implemented
under the
Online Safety Act.
The codes aim to address young people’s access to pornography, high-impact
violence, and material relating to self-harm, suicide and disordered eating.
However, the draft codes may have unintended consequences. There is a real risk
they may further restrict access to materials about sex education, sexual
health information, harm reduction and health promotion.
Social media can operate as a powerful medium to teach teens and young people
sexual information.
Social media campaigns (some government funded) target rising rates of sexual
violence. They also disseminate important sexual health information."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
