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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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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

If you think this is going to actually stop kids from getting on social media, I have a bridge to sell you.

All it's going to do is push kids to hide their social media apps, which they'll get either through a VPN or faking the ID check, which gives parents even less visibility into what's going on with their children online.

this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2025
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