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ACTivate - Help Keep our Young New Zealanders Safe Online - join Amnesty Aotearoa's Online Harm Campaign calling for Regulation
Sunday, 17 August, 2025
Listen to Lisa Woods, Amnesty's Movement building and Advocacy Director tell us that if the government is serious about addressing the real harms young people face online, banning under 16s is not the solution. Regulating tech companies is. Lisa tells us how the proposed ban misdirects attention from the systemic drivers of online harm and places the burden of online safety on young people and parents. Instead the burden needs to be firmly on the social media companies to ensure user safety, just like for other products we consume. As Parliament's inquiry into the online harm encountered by young New Zealanders is under way, now is the time to campaign for a digital environment that is safe, inclusive and empowering. The government needs to stop social media companies putting profit before the health and wellbeing of our young people. For Amnesty's research into Meta's algorithms and Myanmar military atrocities , go to: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/ Also listen out for petitions to sign: https://www.change.org/p/please-tell-gao-zhisheng-s-family-if-he-s-still-alive-453-signatures-submitted-to-date?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=750cd900-981a-11eb-8f9f-172775255d73 https://amnesty.org.nz/make-community-sponsorship-of-refugees-programme-permanent/
