Technology to enforce teen social media ban is ‘effective’, trial says. But this is at odds with other evidence

<https://theconversation.com/technology-to-enforce-teen-social-media-ban-is-effective-trial-says-but-this-is-at-odds-with-other-evidence-259373>

"Technologies to enforce the Australian government’s social media ban for under
16s are “private, robust and effective”. That’s according to the preliminary
findings of a federal government-commissioned trial that has nearly finished
testing them.

The findings, released today, may give the government greater confidence to
forge ahead with the ban, despite a suite of expert criticism. They might also
alleviate some of the concerns of the Australian population about privacy and
security implications of the ban, which is due to begin in December.

For example, a report based on a survey of nearly 4,000 people and released by
the government earlier this week found nine out of ten people support the idea
of a ban. But it also found a large number of people were “very concerned”
about how the ban would be implemented. Nearly 80% of respondents had privacy
and security concerns, while roughly half had concerns about age assurance
accuracy and government oversight.

The trial’s preliminary findings paint a rosy picture of the potential for
available technologies to check people’s ages. However, they contain very
little detail about specific technologies, and appear to be at odds with what
we know about age-assurance technology from other sources."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
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