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Australia Proposes Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Above: Social network logos display on a smartphone screen and the Australian flag appears on a computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on November 21, 2024. Image copyright: Nikolas Kokovlis/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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    The current generation of young adults are now looking back on their childhoods and realizing that social media had little positive impact and a great deal of destructive consequences. Not only are children bombarded with advertisements, but the superficial content they're consumed by leads to abuse and even health issues like eating disorders. The digital childhood experiment has been tried and failed, so now we need governments to take action.



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