Puglisi recording his online streaming news service 6 News Australia, from Melbourne, Australia in January 2024. The 17-year-old laments that lawmakers imposing the ban lack the perspective on social media that young people have gained by growing up in the digital age. — Leo Puglisi via AP
MELBOURNE, Australia: How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult.
The Australian government’s plan to ban children from social media platforms including X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram until their 16th birthdays is politically popular. The opposition party says it would have done the same after winning elections due within months if the government hadn’t moved first.
