{"id":1616,"date":"2024-12-02T13:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2024-12-02T13:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:27:49","slug":"age-restrictions-for-social-media-risk-vs-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/age-restrictions-for-social-media-risk-vs-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Age Restrictions for Social Media &#8211; Risk vs Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Interesting article discussing the pros and cons of Australia\u2019s new ban on social media for people under 16. It\u2019s important to remember that while #SocialMedia can provide today\u2019s teens with educational and social opportunities, just like any other form of technology there are risks that come with the rewards. As both a father and member of the #TechIndustry, I think this decision should encourage us to explore new ways to engage with and support our youth safely. #DigitalSafety #TechTrends #innovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-social-media-children-ban-safeguarding-harm-accounts-d0cde2603bdbc7167801da1d00ecd056<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting article discussing the pros and cons of Australia\u2019s new ban on social media for people under 16. It\u2019s important to remember that while #SocialMedia can provide today\u2019s teens with educational and social opportunities, just like any other form of technology there are risks that come with the rewards. As both a father and member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1617,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions\/1617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}