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Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month (www.reuters.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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SYDNEY, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under‑16s took effect, the country's internet regulator said, a sign the measure has had a swift and sweeping impact.

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago

Don't worry they will just join gambling sites that have been designed to pull them in. The lobbyists had the provisions that applied to gambling killed. Gambling should not be this powerful

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