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.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    173·
    6 hours ago

    Oh those poor kids.

    I remember when we banned porn for the under 18s and now nobody under 18 can access porn.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      4 hours ago

      This is my favorite argument against government regulation.

      Anything not foolproof definitely isn’t worth doing at all.