Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s
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On Wednesday, the lower house of the Australian parliament voted to pass legislation to ban social media for children under 16 years, and the Senate passed the bill on Friday.

Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    16 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.