Should SA copy Australia?

It's been the question I've been asked the most since Australia signed this law and the first thought I had was whether Australia should have done it.

- Richard Chemaly

It's already being referred to as the Australia model as the UK and others look to doing the same.

Is keeping the kids off social media really all it's cracked up to be? What problems is this law supposed to solve? Why would it have taken so long to get this traction as Facebook has been in the game for over 15 years?

If you're above 30, you'll remember the tiki boxes. If your family was really rich, you'd even have a card with 20 bucks loaded on and could use the green boxes nobody else could afford.

Today, kids are connected and big tech has capitalised. If anything, they have themselves to blame since there never was any concerted effort to keep the platforms safe for the kids.

Most kids can take advantage of their parents' lack of technical know-how even if they had an interest in keeping them safe online.

It's no surprise that lawmakers felt the need to step in and take care of the problems social media is causing the kids.