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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. (globalvoices.org)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Are they still allowed on Lemmy?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I hear they're not allowed to watch porn until 18 either and that works flawlessly.

Beyond questions of implementation this to me sounds like maybe we're replacing Instagram with Fortnite, but it sure will be interesting to see how it plays out. I guess trying something is better than trying nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

this isn't for the safety of kids; it's to eliminate the ability for queer kids to find a community.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Are you Australian? That just feels like kind of a US centric lens to analyze this through, though you're right that loss of community is a byproduct.

Like, I'm not exactly happy with the Albanese government, but I would say that most negative LGBTQ things they have said or done have been cowardly attempts to avoid drama from the Liberals, not active bigotry

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What community? This is social media we're talking about. Have people really convinced themselves that these things are communities?