Comment on How Australia's social media ban threatens free expression
hanrahan@piefed.social 1 week agoWhy is age proof the barrier rather than better parental controls?
Same reason it is with drinking, voting, smoking.
I’m.all for banning socail media but the shit storm of trying would be an impossible fight.
My undeestanding for Aus was this was the catalyst
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-25/united-nations-general-assembly-social-media-ban/105814246
Emma Mason, whose 15-year-old daughter Tilly died by suicide after being bullied on social media, spoke powerfully at the event,
minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 week ago
We stop kids from doing all kinds of things. Just because some prove difficult doesn’t make this impossible. We can code software to make the bottles not open but we can for any app on a digital device, especially smart phones.