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Australia bans social media for under 16s (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 day ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

performative nonsense which does nothing for kids or their mental health and harms queer kids who lose one of the first places they can find community.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 15 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Then it seems there is something other to fix in society than making sure facebook knows anything about that kid.

The Zuckerbergers of the world aren't the ones to trust with that.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Then it seems there is something other to fix in society

Yeah that's why we're on Lemmy. It's not perfect but it's better than zuck, elmo, spez, and pals.

No need for the state to attack kids.