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  Australian Senate passes social media ban for young children, which will soon become a world-first law
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/australian-senate-passes-social-media-ban-young-children-116302001 
 I have mixed feelings about this. It's no secret that legacy social media is bad for children. Their algorithms led to a new clinical disease called Facebook depression. WTF?! Rage algos have hurt an entire generation. 

However, it's not the children's fault. It's the social media company's fault. (And maybe the parents for letting them use these applications at young ages for hours on end.) Companies should be held accountable, IMO. They won't be held accountable though. We know this. 

Apparently, it's up to us. We will fix it. We will obsolete them. We will fix social media. We'll make being social online healthier.  
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 I don't believe in banning things. I absolutely think SM is a cancer, who knows where Nostr will go? It certainly feels cleaner right now.

This, for me, is a parenting issue.  
 we've seen this movie before, wont work and secondary effects will be a net negative for its people. Sorry, Australia 😞