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Australia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’ (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Itwasntme223@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] arcine@jlai.lu 3 points 6 days ago

Support public education about the risks of social media, and better parental control software ! That is the only way to actually fix this mess.

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Just because we agree with the news doesn’t make it correct.

The ban was brought about in December 2025. It’s clearly far too early to draw any conclusions about the impact.

If we are going to cherry pick data let’s make sure to cherry-pick data from both sides: https://yougov.com/articles/54334-new-yougov-research-shows-cautious-optimism-as-australians-assess-impact-of-under-16-social-media-ban

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