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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. (globalvoices.org)
submitted 21 hours 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] 21 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Probably because the internet isn't an app store

[–] [email protected] -4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

... I didn't say it was.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 18 hours ago

The quote says that app stores should be responsible for verifying age, but social media is not limited to apps - they're just one of multiple user interfaces for interacting with social networks. So that alone cannot solve the problem.

Sorry for the confusion