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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. (globalvoices.org)
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Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

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[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Introducing friction with massive population groups like this is actually effective at bringing numbers down.

Take the porn ID stuff in the US. Yes VPN usage is up but traffic is down as well. Not everyone is going to take the extra steps.