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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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[โ€“] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Another way to think about this: Why should you have to give random companies your ID because Australian teens need to prove their age?

[โ€“] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, someone should tell the guy at the bar checking IDs to piss off too. And what's with these fucks at the pharmacy demanding to see my medical license. They shouldn't be hassling me because someone else might be writing illegal scripts.