Should Social Media Algorithms Have Age-Based Safeguards for Over-60s?
4 hours ago
- #Elderly Protection
- #Social Media Algorithms
- #Online Safety
- Petition to update the Online Safety Act to recognize over-60s as a vulnerable group.
- Request for social media platforms to assess and mitigate algorithmic amplification of hateful content affecting older adults.
- Concerns include loneliness and lower digital literacy increasing vulnerability among over-60s.
- Petition requires 10,000 signatures for a government response and 100,000 for parliamentary debate.
- Currently has 17 signatures.