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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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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If only this applied to the parents as well... No more using your children online to make a buck as an influencer.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I assume that was already the case before, as far as I know that's also not allowed here in my EU country (but I'm just making assumptions).

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

After a quick Google, I agree that your making assumptions as for the EU in general.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 hours ago

Yeah looking into it this morning I see that it's only that some parents have forbidden their divorced spouses from posting pics of the kids online, basically you need to have parental approval (I know because the daycare asked us if we'd allow them, we don't). So yeah I guess as long as the parents are doing it, it's legal. Feels so wrong.