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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. (globalvoices.org)
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Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

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[-] bigschnitz@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Theres a scale of influence, with a big difference between foolproof and entirely unenforceable.

In this case, it's effectively unenforceable, so what's the point in wasting time and effort drafting something that won't actually make any difference?

this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2025
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