Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s
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On Wednesday, the lower house of the Australian parliament voted to pass legislation to ban social media for children under 16 years, and the Senate passed the bill on Friday.

Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    4 hours ago

    This is my favorite argument against government regulation.

    Anything not foolproof definitely isn’t worth doing at all.

    • bigschnitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 hours ago

      Theres a scale of influence, with a big difference between foolproof and entirely unenforceable.

      In this case, it’s effectively unenforceable, so what’s the point in wasting time and effort drafting something that won’t actually make any difference?