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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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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is a false dichotomy.

You can regulate social media platforms and have great infrastructure.

Your own childhood sounds tough, but advocating for social media as a way to mitigate shitty communities is a weird take.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is false false dichotomy.

Privacy protection laws do regulate social media.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 12 hours ago

I'm not sure you understand what dichotomy means, maybe look it up.

I didn't say privacy laws don't regulate social media.