Details on How Australia's Social Media Ban Will Work Are Finally Becoming Clear
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Australia plans to ban social media for under-16s, with details emerging on implementation.
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Meanwhile massive swaths of the internet are unfiltered, contain the content that they're afraid of and will be untouched.
The internet is a tool, I'd rather see effort teaching people how to use it responsibly ... not just legislate out of fear and declare the problem solved and actually accomplish nothing.
Only social media companies know for sure how the teen ban will work - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-17/social-media-ban-law-...
Australia to let Big Tech choose its own adventure to enact kids social media ban - https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/australia_kids_social...