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Most Canadians support social media ban for kids under 16: poll (cheknews.ca)
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An Angus Reid survey says three-quarters of more than 4,000 respondents are in favour of a ban like the one in Australia, where youth under 16 are prevented from setting up accounts on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads.

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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

This is what the OS level age verification is meant to do. It shifts the burden of age verification from the social media companies and websites to someone else.

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