SYDNEY ¨C Software testers hired by Australia¡¯s government to determine how to enforce the world¡¯s first national teen social media ban have worked on defense and election contracts but will use another experience to guide their study: wrangling their own children online.
¡°We¡¯re all parents of kids of various ages, and we¡¯re definitely aware of all the little tricks kids do,¡± said Andrew Hammond, general manager at tech contractor KJR that will conduct the trial on about 1,200 randomly chosen Australians from January to March.
¡°Kids are quite resourceful, so we¡¯ll definitely have our eyes and ears open,¡± added Hammond, whose company¡¯s previous projects included checking deployment software for Australian troops in Afghanistan.
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