Five young teens on life under Australia’s social media ban: ‘It’s not a big deal any more’

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• NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Funny how little difference the “ban” made to them. My favourite was the girl who made an adult account who is now becoming radicalised by the newly accessible political content.

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• Lembot_0006@programming.dev ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s how the government eliminates the basic rights. Step by step. Starting with small things. Almost always with “defend children” slogans. Do you want to look into the future? Analyze Russia’s today: they started “defending” kids ~10 years ago. Look where they are now. You will be there soon too.

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  • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s how the government eliminates the basic rights. Step by step. Starting with small things. Almost always with “defend children” slogans

    I always wondered why they didn’t let kids have sex, smoke cigarettes, drive cars, drink alcohol forced them to go to school etc. /s

    Its not like there isnt endless amounts of research showing social medias toxicity. Better to ban it outright but here we are.

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  • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s like when the government took slot machines from kids, then cigarettes, then alcohol… A never ending erosion of rights that serves no legitimate purpose.

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    • Lembot_0006@programming.dev ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, keep equaling cigarettes to social media. That’s very wise.

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  • dgriffith@aussie.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Analyze Russia’s today: they started “defending” kids ~10 years ago. Look where they are now. You will be there soon too.

    That’s both the funniest and stupidest thing I’ve read all week, thanks for the sad laugh.

    Loosely speaking, Russia has been “where they are now” since the failure of Perestroika and the collapse of the Soviet Union some 30+ years ago. None of that was done under the guise of “defending kids”.

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  • Psiczar@aussie.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    TIL social media access is a basic right.

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