- Britain imposed ban to stop children’s social media addiction.
- Powerful algorithms, notifications, autoplay keep users engaged.
- Low self-control in children, addiction is a threat to them.
- Restrictions keep 30% of children away from social media.
Social Media Addiction: Recently Britain has banned social media for children under 16 years of age. That means, like Australia, here too children below 16 years of age will not be able to access other social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and X. Apart from the harm caused to children by social media, the addictive nature of these platforms is also held responsible for the reasons behind this. Today we will know what are the things that cause social media addiction and how laws like Australia-UK can help in protecting from it.
Why do we get addicted to social media?
Social media platforms are designed in such a way that users remain glued to them for hours. For this, companies use powerful algorithms, which automatically find out what the user likes to watch and pushes that type of content. Apart from this, these platforms give the impression that if any content is not watched now, it will disappear. These things keep users glued to social media platforms.
Use of AI to grab attention
Even if you sit down after closing social media platforms, notifications will constantly remind you that there is something that you missed seeing. Companies have developed AI powered notification systems that can predict what type of notification will grab a user’s attention. Features like infinite scroll and autoplay are also available on these platforms, which do not give time to the user to think and once the phone is in hand, people spend hours on these platforms. This situation becomes more dangerous for children because they have less ability to self-control. This is the reason why special concern is being expressed about children.
Do the rules affect it?
Many experts believe that banning social media is not an effective method. After the ban, children will access these platforms through VPN and other methods. However, it is also not correct to say that the banning method is completely unsuccessful. According to a survey, after the ban, about 30 percent children have moved away from social media. Experts say that laws like Australia and UK can bring about changes in the features that make social media addictive.
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