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Children under 16 to be banned from using social media
“Social media is doing harm to our kids, and I’m calling time on it,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said as he announced the ban.
Just as it made sense to persist with underage drinking laws despite some teens getting around it, the prime minister argued it was right to pursue a social media ban despite its complexities. Australia’s eSafety commissioner has instead recommended a “double-blind tokenised approach”, whereby information would be provided to a verifying third party that would certify the user’s age to social media platforms without revealing details about the child. “Even today the minister was talking about the importance of the age-verification trial – but incredibly it still hasn’t started.”
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