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Australia bans social media for under 16s (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

For something so menial like social media? That's equivalent of tying your shoelaces in their eyes. I'm willing to bet you real money that this would be <1% of teenagers. If anything, I wouldn't be surprised if this would have the opposite effect.