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Australia's proposed social media ban for kids is a 1950s solution to a 2024 problem

If you think like a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

While I'll admit most social media does little more than turn our gray matter into Nickelodeon slime, this seems like the plot to some Dirty Dancing sequel without Patrick Swayze and Jeniffer Grey to save the day. It would be up to Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant to determine how to set and enforce rules, who freely admits that “technology change is always going to outpace policy." They need to work with social media platforms and tech giants, ignoring the obnoxious demands of fringe parent groups to make it easier for you to help your child be safe on the internet.

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