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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. (globalvoices.org)
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Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Social media focuses on following individuals, not topics

No, social media is media that is social

Media: a means of mass communication

Social: having to do with other people

This is a forum: a place if mass communication where the entire point is to share and comment with other people, aka social media