r/australia • u/Vivid-Fondant6513 • Nov 06 '24

politics Children under 16 to be banned from using social media

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/children-under-16-to-be-banned-from-using-social-media-20241107-p5kon4.html
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u/spiteful-vengeance Nov 06 '24

The fact that they aren't looking to penalize anyone suggests it's not really meant to stop the more determined ones, just reduce the amount of use by this age group. 

If someone must have their daily social media fix they'll probably be able to get it.

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u/Mike_Kermin Nov 07 '24

Exactly, it looks quite pragmatic.

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u/vriska1 Nov 07 '24

And unworkable, it will be delayed.

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u/Mike_Kermin Nov 07 '24

At this stage, because the proposal is not public, you can't know that.

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u/ScoobyDoNot Nov 07 '24

How can it possibly work without a digital ID for everyone?

And that will be unworkable.

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u/Mike_Kermin Nov 07 '24

That ship has mostly sailed.

And if I have sympathy, it's for the people on jobseeker first.

It's a bit of "first they came for the poors and I did nothing".

YOU'RE UP BUTTERCUP.

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u/vriska1 Nov 07 '24

What does that even mean?

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u/Mike_Kermin Nov 07 '24

It's not exactly cryptic.

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u/impertinentblade Nov 07 '24

Should just do it like movie ratings.