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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. (globalvoices.org)
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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] 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Platforms love to use this threat... "if you regulate us we'll just withdraw services in your jurisdiction". They never do, and governments shouldn't respond to threats like that in any case. If one or other platform were to restrict services in Aus, it would just increase the potential revenue for some other platform.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Platforms love to use this threat… “if you regulate us we’ll just withdraw services in your jurisdiction”. They never do,

Pornhub pulled out of 17 states. You need to buy a hustler magazine now. Australia will just have to buy National Enquirer magazines instead of doom scrolling for their fix.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Sure, but on the flip side I'm fine either way. Watching either a megacorporation or an out of touch nanny-state government get fucked is just about equivalent in my books. We could use a lot more of both, and I don't even live in Australia.

Meta, for instance, wants to cease operations anywhere on the planet? Insert Willy Wonka meme here: No, stop, don't... Bye...