ilouiis
So, I am not Australian but I’ve been living here for the past 18 months. I’ve noticed in my short time being here that teens really don’t care about anything or the consequences of what they’re doing. Am I the only one thinking that ?

我不是澳大利亞人，但我在這里生活了 18 個月。在這里的短短時間里，我注意到青少年真的什么都不在乎，也不在乎他們所做事情的后果。只有我這么想嗎？

I’ve never been disrespected by kids before in any country, and didn’t think much of it the first few times it happened here, but after adding up everything it’s happening a LOT.

我以前在任何國家都沒有受到過孩子們的不尊重，在這里發(fā)生的前幾次我也沒多想，但把所有事情加起來，這種事發(fā)生得太多了。

One time just driving in the city, couples kids looking 12~14 threw plastic cups full of whatever they were drinking on my windshield, while flipping fingers, an other time riding my bike, was waiting at a red light and as soon as it turned green got spat on and cursed at while the car drove away (probably a bit older this time but passengers looked 16 max).

有一次我開車在城市里，一對看起來大約12~14歲的孩子們朝我的擋風玻璃扔了裝滿了飲品的塑料杯，同時還比中指，另一次我騎自行車等紅燈時，一輛車一開綠燈就被人吐口水并被詛咒，然后車就開走了（可能這次的人大一些，但乘客最多看起來也就16歲）。

That’s just a few examples but so many times I’ve had encounters like that, and actually witnessed much more.

這只是幾個例子，但我遇到過很多次這樣的情況，而且實際上目睹了更多。

What’s the reason for that ?

這是什么原因？

Maxine Winchester
It's (mainly) because of popular culture. I spend a lot of time talking to and being around (Australian) teenagers and I quite knowledgeable about these things if I do say so myself. It's considered cool to drink, smoke, take drugs and behave really, really, badly. They will make racists and homophobic jokes, swear, and, as you said, use really offensive gestures. I wish we lived in a world where the American 'Gangster' attitude was considered uncool and the nice, kind and happy approach to life was embraced. The world would be a much better place. As the musical genius that is The Beatles said, 'All you need is love.'

這主要是因為流行文化的影響。我花了很多時間與澳大利亞的青少年交流和相處，自認為在這方面頗有見解。在他們中間，喝酒、抽煙、吸毒以及粗暴行為是被視為超酷的事情。他們會開一些種族主義和同性戀的玩笑，說臟話，正如你所說的，使用非常冒犯的手勢。我希望我們生活在一個視美國“黑幫”文化為不良的世界，期望人們接受友善、善良和快樂的生活方式。這樣世界會變得更美好。正如披頭士樂隊所說的那樣，“愛是唯一需要的?！?/b>

Anita Morris
Australia has racism. The culture has gotten more racist since we started locking up refugees on Nauru and Manus etc because the only rhetoric that supports it is racist.

澳大利亞存在種族主義。自從我們開始在瑙魯和馬努斯等地關(guān)押難民以來，文化變得更加種族主義，因為支持這一做法的唯一論調(diào)是種族主義。

Whoever said it was a teenage problem was using a cop out and trying to get you to stop thinking about it. Whether they realised this or not.

無論他們是否意識到，聲稱這是青少年問題的人都在逃避責任，試圖讓你停止思考這個問題。

It's not a teenage problem, it's a societal problem.

這不是青少年的問題，而是社會的問題。

Luke Harris
Whats wrong is the government and the system. Gambling, Alcohol and Drugs rip family's apart and the government is addicted to the taxes these things generate. These teenagers your referring to I guarantee are from broken family's or there friends are. Look at the Family law courts of Australia the system is broken, the lawyer's take advantage of these peoples broken lives, and get rich by ridiculously charging massive amounts of money to represent the already struggling family's. Which in result makes things worse for the already financially struggling family's as a result there children suffer. They get pushed out into the poorer suburbs with poorer funded schools with poorer funded inferstructor with less job opportunities plus many more disadvantages, which just continues the cycle, while the solicitors, judges, psychologists, doctors and who ever else involved in these cases going through the broken court system there family's get stronger financially giving them a better chance in life living in the better subuarbs with better infrastructure with better job opportunities with there children getting a private school education. All this paid for by these all ready struggling family's.

政府和體制的問題是什么。賭博、酒精和毒品讓家庭破裂，而政府對這些活動所產(chǎn)生的稅收上癮。你提到的這些青少年，我敢打賭他們要么來自破裂的家庭，要么他們的朋友來自這樣的家庭。看看澳大利亞的家庭法院，制度已經(jīng)破裂，律師們利用這些人破碎的生活，通過高額的收費使自己變得富有，而這些家庭已經(jīng)處于困境中。結(jié)果使本已經(jīng)在經(jīng)濟上掙扎的家庭情況變得更糟，他們的孩子遭受了苦難。他們被迫搬到經(jīng)濟較差的郊區(qū)，那里的學校經(jīng)費更少，基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施也更差，工作機會也更少，而且還有很多其他的不利因素，這只會惡性循環(huán)，而律師、法官、心理學家、醫(yī)生以及其他參與這些案件的人通過這個破碎的法院系統(tǒng)，使得他們的家庭變得經(jīng)濟更強大，給了他們更好的生活機會，住在更好的郊區(qū)，擁有更好的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，更好的工作機會，孩子接受私立教育。所有這些都是由這些本已經(jīng)在經(jīng)濟上掙扎的家庭來買單的。

And that is just the start of the many problems that we have with this country and the government is the main cause to our social problems.

這只是我們與這個國家存在的許多問題的開始，而政府是我們社會問題的主要原因。

batikfins
Adults have complained about the youth of today not having any respect since the beginning of time.

自古以來，成年人就一直抱怨今天的年輕人缺乏尊重。

These kids have just come out of 3 years of disrupted schooling, lockdown, not being able to go outside, see their friends or do normal kid stuff. They wake up every day to news about how the climate is collapsing and there is no future for them. They've grown up with unlimited access porn and to the worst parts of youtube. I say they're probably doing the best they can.

這些孩子失學3年，關(guān)禁閉，不能外出，不能見朋友，他們每天醒來都會聽到關(guān)于氣候正在崩潰、對沒有未來的新聞。他們從小就可以無限制地接觸到色情內(nèi)容，也可以接觸到 youtube 上最糟糕的內(nèi)容。我認為他們已經(jīng)盡力了。
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Experts have been left stunned by the level of disturbing content including gory material and hate speech teens are consuming online.

專家們對青少年上網(wǎng)瀏覽和發(fā)布的內(nèi)容（包括血腥材料和仇恨言論）感到震驚。

Almost two-thirds of the 1000 15 to 17-year-olds interviewed for a new Unicef survey say they have watched violent content online, with many taking action on social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok by blocking or reporting the material.

在聯(lián)合國兒童基金會的一項最新調(diào)查中，1000 名 15 至 17 歲的受訪者中有近三分之二表示，他們曾在網(wǎng)上觀看過暴力內(nèi)容，許多人在社交媒體平臺上（如Facebook、Instagram和TikTok）采取了行動，例如屏蔽或舉報這些暴力內(nèi)容。

Two in five say they have viewed self-harm content and more than 70 per cent of teens say they have come across hate speech targeting certain groups online, with the numbers alarming experts.

有五分之二的人表示他們曾觀看過自殘內(nèi)容，超過70%的青少年表示他們在網(wǎng)上遇到過針對特定群體的仇恨言論，這一數(shù)字讓專家們感到震驚。

“We found the level of exposure to harmful content quite shocking,” John Livingstone, head of digital policy at Unicef Australia, said.

澳大利亞聯(lián)合兒童基金會數(shù)字政策負責人約翰-利文斯通（John Livingstone）說：”我們發(fā)現(xiàn)青少年接觸有害內(nèi)容的程度令人震驚。

Schoolyard fights and dangerous stunts are some of the things young people are scrolling past, and parents say they feel helpless to stop it.

校園斗毆和危險特技是年輕人滾動瀏覽的一些內(nèi)容，家長們表示他們在這方面感到無能為力。
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“The big question is what social media companies are going to do about it,” prominent child psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg said.

著名兒童心理學家邁克爾·卡爾-格雷格說：“最大問題就是社媒公司將采取什么措施來應(yīng)對?！?/b>

Livingston said, “in many ways, Australia is at the very forefront of protecting children online” but more needs to be done to keep youths safe from “dangerous and harmful” content.

利文斯頓說：“在很多方面，澳大利亞都走在了保護兒童上網(wǎng)的最前沿”，但還需要做更多的工作，讓青少年遠離 “危險和有害 ”的內(nèi)容。
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“We know that children’s online safety continues to be at risk from bullying, harmful content, and contact from strangers,” he said.

他說：“我們知道，兒童線上安全仍然面臨來自霸凌、有害內(nèi)容和陌生人聯(lián)系的風險?！?/b>

“So, we need to put tools in the hands of more children and parents to help with this, along with stronger laws and changes to online platforms to provide more safety.

因此，我們需要為更多的兒童和父母提供工具來幫助解決這個問題，同時加強法律，并對線上平臺進行改革，以提供更多的安全保障。

“Additionally, the unprecedented collection of children’s data also places them at risk of hacking and manipulation.

另外，對兒童數(shù)據(jù)的收集也是前所未有的，這些數(shù)據(jù)則有被黑客攻擊和操縱的風險。

“The government’s recent commitment to develop a Children’s Online Privacy Code is a step in the right direction. We need new laws which better protect children’s data, and to raise awareness about privacy concerns for children.”

政府最近承諾制定《兒童在線隱私守則》，這是朝著正確方向邁出的一步。我們需要新的法律來更好地保護兒童數(shù)據(jù)，并提高人們對兒童隱私問題的認識。

None of the big platforms attended Old Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday where leaders pushed for tougher safety measures, including age verification.

周四，政府領(lǐng)導人加強推動安全措施包括年齡驗證，而一些主要平臺相關(guān)人員并未出席在堪培拉的舊國會大廈。

But Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, announced in January it would hide more sensitive content amid increasing pressure internationally from regulators.

但是，擁有Facebook和Instagram的Meta公司在一月份宣布，由于來自國際監(jiān)管機構(gòu)的壓力不斷增加，將隱藏更多敏感內(nèi)容。

“While we allow people to share content discussing their own struggles with suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, our policy is not to recommend this content and we have been focused on ways to make it harder to find,” the company said in a blog post.

公司在一篇博客文章中表示：“雖然我們允許人們分享討論關(guān)于他們自殺、自殘和飲食障礙的內(nèi)容，但我們的政策是不推薦這些內(nèi)容，而且我們一直在關(guān)注如何讓這些內(nèi)容更難被發(fā)現(xiàn)。

“Now, when people search for terms related to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, we’ll start hiding these related results and will direct them to expert resources for help.

“現(xiàn)在，當人們搜索與自殺、自殘和飲食障礙相關(guān)的詞語時，我們將開始隱藏這些相關(guān)結(jié)果，并引導他們前往專家資源尋求幫助。

“We already hide results for suicide and self-harm search terms that inherently break our rules and we’re extending this protection to include more terms.”

“我們已經(jīng)隱藏了與自殺和自殘搜索詞相關(guān)的結(jié)果，這些詞本質(zhì)上違反了我們的規(guī)定，我們正在擴大這種保護范圍，包括更多的詞語。”

While calls for change grow louder, some industry experts say stricter online protections will only go so far.

盡管呼吁改變的聲音越來越大，但一些行業(yè)專家表示，更嚴格的在線保護措施只能起到有限的作用。

They say more responsibility should fall on parents to limit the amount of time young kids spend on digital devices.

他們認為，更多的責任應(yīng)該由父母來承擔，限制年幼孩子在數(shù)字設(shè)備上花費的時間。

Kial2
The issue of youth crime in Australia has garnered widespread attention in society. During school holidays, many teenagers engage in disruptive behavior in streets and alleys, involving activities like joyriding and assaulting drivers. These actions reflect the complexity of social problems.

澳大利亞青少年犯罪問題引起了社會廣泛關(guān)注。在放假期間，許多青少年在大街小巷鬧事，涉及霸王車斗毆、毆打司機等行為。這些行為背后反映出社會問題的復雜性。

The reasons behind youth crime are diverse. Firstly, families with poor economic conditions often struggle to meet their children's basic needs, forcing them to resort to illegal means to sustain themselves. Additionally, family issues such as increasing divorce rates and conflicts exacerbate psychological problems among teenagers. Mental health issues also play a significant role in driving youth crime, as some teenagers turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with family hardships, further fueling their criminal behavior.

青少年犯罪的原因多種多樣。首先，經(jīng)濟條件不佳的家庭往往無法滿足孩子的基本需求，迫使他們采取非法手段獲取生活所需。同時，家庭問題也是一個重要因素，包括離婚率上升、家庭矛盾等，導致青少年心理問題的加劇。心理問題也是青少年犯罪的一大推動因素，一些青少年為了逃避家庭不幸選擇酗酒、吸毒，從而加劇了他們的犯罪行為。

The societal attitude towards youth crime is another influential factor. Inadequate parental guidance and supervision contribute to the escalation of juvenile delinquency. Furthermore, involvement in local gangs complicates the issue of crime.

社會對青少年犯罪的態(tài)度也是一個重要影響因素。部分家庭對孩子的管教不力，放任不管，導致了孩子們的犯罪行為不斷升級。此外，一些青少年加入了當?shù)氐膸团桑沟梅缸飭栴}更加復雜化。

The government faces challenges in addressing youth crime. Despite the existence of specialized juvenile justice departments, lenient punishments, such as community service, for offenders under 21 years old may not effectively deter criminal behavior. Moreover, there are concerns about mistreatment of inmates within youth detention centers, highlighting the need for societal attention and improvement.

政府在處理青少年犯罪問題上也存在一定問題。雖然有專門的青少年司法部門進行管控，但未滿21歲的犯罪者往往可以通過社區(qū)勞動來代替服刑，導致對犯罪行為的懲罰不夠嚴厲。同時，少管所內(nèi)部也存在虐待囚犯的問題，需要引起社會的重視和改進。