As of 10 December, all Aussie kids under the age of 16 will be legally banned from social media apps. In Part 2 of our series on Australia’s world-first legislation, we’re looking at the nuts and bolts of how the ban will work, including how the policy will be enforced, how the tech giants will go about identifying who is underage, and what the implications could be for kids looking for online alternatives…
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Reading: Here’s YouTube’s case for why pushing kids off known apps could send them to the unregulated corners of the internet…
Reading: And this piece from The Conversation lets young people have their say about the upcoming ban…
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