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.

  • BlackmistEnglish
    203·
    4 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
      71·
      2 hours ago

      This is my favorite argument against government regulation.

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

      • bigschnitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        18 minutes ago

        Theres a scale of influence, with a big difference between foolproof and entirely unenforceable.

        In this case, it’s effectively unenforceable, so what’s the point in wasting time and effort drafting something that won’t actually make any difference?