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@davej@dice.camp
2026-01-23 01:07:43
Content warning: CW: auspol, social media ban.

In case you were curious how the #SocialMediaBan is progressing: sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/artic

'Left out and ostracised': The social media ban's uneven execution — and other effects
It's been six weeks since Australians under 16 were banned from most social media platforms. What impact has the ban had?

@kingconsult@berlin.social
2026-03-06 10:47:55

Addicted to the algorithm – New research exposes how #BigTech lobbies to keep us hooked on #SocialMedia
Olivier Hoedeman, @… research and campaign coordinator:
> The addictive design of social media has become a major societal problem with serious impacts on public #health and endangering the future of #democracy.
05.02.2026 #DiDay #ChildProtecion #SocialMediaBan #DigitalFairnessAct #DFA #Meta #Google #Bildung #FediLZ #Demokratie

@ber@social.tchncs.de
2025-12-10 13:59:59

This one is a good #cartoon on the #socialmediaban by #TheGuardian

Ben Jennings on Australia’s social media ban for under-16s – cartoon
Australia has enacted the world’s first social media ban, under which Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and TikTok must remove accounts held by users aged under 16

@davej@dice.camp
2026-01-18 22:35:00
Content warning: CW: ukpol, teen social media bans.

Take it from me, as an Australian who’s worked in politics: strongly reconsider following Australia’s lead in *any* sort of policy. Learn from our egregious mistakes. Please. #ukpol #SocialMediaBan

More than 60 Labour MPs urge PM to ban social media for under-16s
More than 60 Labour MPs have called on the prime minister to impose a ban on under-16s access to social media platforms. In a open letter to Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday, the 61 MPs said "successive governments" had done "too little to protect young people from... unregulated, addictive social media …