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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the impact of the sites on young people as a 'scourge'

Archived version: https://archive.is/4U11L

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[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Probably not wrong tbh

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Good luck putting that genie back in the bottle

[–] ChicagoCommunist@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Based

But also didn't most sites used to have an "over 13" check? Think I remember having to lie about that for gmail and Yahoo answers and the like

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

You can do that yourself, if you're strong enough

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am okay with this if people above 60 are also banned from social media.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

people above 60 and people below 59.

only that one year should you be allowed to use social media.

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

You found the perfect solution! People would pre-craft the perfect memes for decades