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Greens and One Nation accuse Albanese of trying to ‘ram’ social media ban through parliament
Sarah Hanson-Young says online safety review ‘kept secret from public’ as Senate committee given just four hours to hear expert evidence
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If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?
Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it
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Australian parliamentary inquiry stops short of backing social media ban for under-16s
Joint committee supports giving users the power to alter, reset or turn off algorithms but hedges on key question of age bar
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Australia's Age Ban, Three Months In: What We're Learning
Three months after Australia's Social Media Minimum Age (SMMA) restrictions took effect, the first wave of evidence is in, and it complicates the story we've all been telling ourselves about kids and ...
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The digital confession box: a Foucauldian analysis of social media bans
In the lively debate on under-16 social media bans, both camps risk missing precisely what it is that keeps people returning to these platforms. Embracing the insights of the twentieth-century French ...
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National wants to show Labour the social media ban bill, but ‘we can’t’, education minister says: National needs Labour’s support to pass the bill, but the education minister says she still doesn’t know if they’re allowed to see it. #SocialMediaBan #Labour #NationalParty #Politics #NewZealandPolitics
not just buried in Australia, but buried in every foreign jurisdiction that is taking the same ugly shortcuts to avoid real regulation of tech. Hello Norway :)
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Age Restrictions on Social MediaThe idea seems well-intentioned, but age restrictions mean age verification and open yet another vector for big-tech to gather personal information.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/uk-social-media-ban-under-16s-big-tech-age-verification
www.japantimes.co.jp
Most Australian teens still on social media three months after under-16 ban began, study finds
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Australiens Social-Media-Ban: Ineffektiv durch unwillige Plattformbetreiber?
Eine Untersuchung der australischen eSafety-Behörde liefert Hinweise, dass Plattformbetreiber die Altersverifikation in Australien unzureichend umsetzen.
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