Idea 1: We get big tech to pay for locally produced news.
That’s Google paying NZME for news that ends up on their news feed.
To a degree, deals had been done specifically between some companies, but the Government had the idea that as part of their "supporting the troubled media" plan they could drag big tech to the table to cough up.
It turns out they couldn't, they can't, and they won't.
Australia had the same idea. Then Donald Trump got wind of it, told them that these are American companies and if you tax them, he will whack tariffs on all over the place.
We were waiting in the wings to see how it all went in Australia before we gave it the full crack here.
Neither of us will be cracking anything.
Idea 2: Banning social media for kids. One of those almost universally agreed upon, feel-good ideas that was never going anywhere.
It's a nice thought. It's just not real.
Australia had a crack at that too and, like idea number one, we are sitting, waiting and watching.
Their ban comes in in December. It won't work.
A landmark national study has found its impossible. The age assurance technology trial, which was commissioned by the Government, looked at everything and their conclusion was that no single solution exists.
Can you fiddle and poke and prod? Sure.
But they say, "we found a plethora of approaches that fit use cases in different ways, but we did not find a single ubiquitous solution that would suit all use cases, nor did we find solutions that were guaranteed to be effective in all deployments".
And this is where bandwagons come in. We all like to hate on social media, we all like to protect kids and we all want to be seen to be doing the right thing.
Governments are not devoid of that particular weakness. But the problem with Governments is they shouldn’t promise what they can't deliver, and they were never going to be able to deliver either ideas one, or two.
Not Australia. Not us.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
It turns out they couldn't, they can't, and they won't.
Australia had the same idea. Then Donald Trump got wind of it, told them that these are American companies and if you tax them, he will whack tariffs on all over the place.
We were waiting in the wings to see how it all went in Australia before we gave it the full crack here.
Neither of us will be cracking anything.
Idea 2: Banning social media for kids. One of those almost universally agreed upon, feel-good ideas that was never going anywhere.
It's a nice thought. It's just not real.
Australia had a crack at that too and, like idea number one, we are sitting, waiting and watching.
Their ban comes in in December. It won't work.
A landmark national study has found its impossible. The age assurance technology trial, which was commissioned by the Government, looked at everything and their conclusion was that no single solution exists.
Can you fiddle and poke and prod? Sure.
But they say, "we found a plethora of approaches that fit use cases in different ways, but we did not find a single ubiquitous solution that would suit all use cases, nor did we find solutions that were guaranteed to be effective in all deployments".
And this is where bandwagons come in. We all like to hate on social media, we all like to protect kids and we all want to be seen to be doing the right thing.
Governments are not devoid of that particular weakness. But the problem with Governments is they shouldn’t promise what they can't deliver, and they were never going to be able to deliver either ideas one, or two.
Not Australia. Not us.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings - where this article was sourced.
3 comments:
Children of 13 getting facial tattoos.
"Idea 1: We get big tech to pay for locally produced news".
To late Mike, Google are already "one step" ahead of the marching band and their International overreach is vast.
They have been working on for years.
If you want to see how "advanced" that reach is - go to YouTube and click on any video presentation - then be prepared for the "advertising", all on NZ products - that then precede, interrupt any thing and every thing you watch.
Who set up this system and how are NZ Business paying for it, because it will not be free.
Oh and "they have the cheek" to ask the watcher if they would like to see posted videos etc, free of advertising - as long as you pay for that privilege - on a monthly basis.
America, " Land of The Free " to do anything they please against any other Nation, but if you 'tackle' their business regime - well obviously they have a President, that has " got their back".
Social Media -well Mark Zuckerburg had an idea, put it in place and as they ' say, for every sucker born, they will be on Face Book'.
The Chinese liked the idea, so along came Tik Toc - and what do you know "that old sucker adage' surfaced, again - oh and Tik Toc know how to "entrance" the people and what is available for children to access ( I believe ) is a vast array of platforms - not all relate to learning, either.
Interesting India banned this media platform, America has tried - that should tell you something.
The social media ban isn’t that hard but it needs to be imposed and enforced by the social media companies themselves.
They know by the content being consumed how old someone is likely to be. By the photos being uploaded which are scanned by facial recognition software etc - they know!
But given that so much of their business model is geared towards attracting and retaining a youth audience why would they do anything to crush their own business model?
The answer relates is that parents need to take the stance of the creators of the iPhone and social media platforms - which is that none of them ever allowed their own kids to take part in any way.
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