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.

  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Social media focuses on following individuals, not topics

    No, social media is media that is social

    Media: a means of mass communication

    Social: having to do with other people

    This is a forum: a place if mass communication where the entire point is to share and comment with other people, aka social media