(Deadline) - Australia will become the first country in the world to outlaw social media use among under-16s. $META $SNAP deadline.com/2024/11/aust... - ThreadSky

carlquintanilla.bsky.social • 126 days ago

(Deadline) - Australia will become the first country in the world to outlaw social media use among under-16s.

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https://deadline.com/2024/11/australia-social-media-ban-law-passed-1236189503/

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sawdustinpa.bsky.social•126 days ago

Should be 21, it's as bad as liquor.

srb65.bsky.social•126 days ago

I would like to see a data bill of rights as tight or tighter than Europe. I also like this idea of no social media under the age of 18. Get through high school before our children have to deal with people like Zuckerberg and Musk!

steveprediletto.bsky.social•126 days ago

Social media should be outlawed for adults who do not pass a media-literacy test.

In my professional life I spend hours each week fighting disinformation & misinformation.

salliehextall.bsky.social•126 days ago

Reducing youth suicide and bullying is the Australian Government’s goal.

pumlitch.bsky.social•126 days ago

That's wrong.

nulliusnverba.bsky.social•126 days ago

In a related story, nobody in the United States who isn't over the age of 21 ever has a drink.

Ahem.

acisor.bsky.social•126 days ago

Certainly helps not making it ubiquitous, free, and unregulated

mary1804.bsky.social•126 days ago

Brilliant!

duncansefton.bsky.social•126 days ago

I wish we could do that here...

dannyblanchy.bsky.social•126 days ago

Carl this seems important. I have been documenting for the UN the collapse in well-being of the young. It is worst in English speaking countries but spreading rapidly around the world and is especially bad among the internet savvy. Younger kid received a smart phone worse their later mental health