ABC News: Real-life footage of violence or violent video games for our children?
March 30, 2022
Our teens’ social media feeds contain images of tanks, bombs, and war-style propaganda. Not only is this footage confrontingly violent, there is so much of it. It’s inevitable that any child, no matter what age they are, using TikTok will see videos of bombings and death alongside lip-sync videos and goofy pranks. We worry about children’s playing violent videogames, this footage is real violence with a great potential to harm their mental health in many ways. This segment shows how to help children navigate social media ‘news’ content while minimising any harm it may cause.
