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.

  • EsmereldaFritzmonster@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I think this perspective (that teens have nothing else in their lives other than social media) is harmful. I don’t understand why they’re not able to do the same things teens did before social media…

    Police being called on harmless teenagers by the same busybodies over and over again kind of sorts itself out after awhile.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      This is the travel range for kids in the UK by generation. Such a map would be far worse in the US or Australia