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

  • @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4•8 hours ago

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

    • @suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1•3 hours 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.