abcfeeds (@abcfeeds@rssfeed.media)
Live: Experts answer questions as the social media ban comes into effect
By Georgie Hewson and Heloise Vyas
Ten major platforms are now expected to check the ages of all their Australian users and prevent anyone found to be under 16 from holding an account. We've asked experts how to best navigate it. Follow live.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/social-ban-experts-blog-media-under-16/106118846
#SocialMedia #FederalGovernment #Teenagers #GeorgieHewson #HeloiseVyas
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cobrate (@cobrate@mastodon.social)
ceux qui disent le contraire se basent sur une étude réalisée à l’aide d’une #IA par le think tank conservateur Thomas More...
#france #europe #politique #fascisme #socialmedia #postverite #tv
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TechDesk (@TechDesk@flipboard.social)
Millions of under-16s in Australia just woke up to no social media as the country's world-first ban came into effect. @CNN breaks down how it will all work.
#Technology #Tech #SocialMedia #Internet #Parenting #Australia
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
A stunned Ricki Lake learns that boxes of her lost photos were sitting in a local flea market
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/ricki-lakes-photos-found
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adamsaidsomething (@adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social)
I don't know if its more pathetic that Musk is pulling the European Commissions' ads cos he doesn't like how they ruled about social media or that the European Commission still wants to give Musk ad money in 2025 to display they're ads on the hell site
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gusseting (@gusseting@mastodon.social)
Epic Games own KWS, who are doing the age verification for Bluesky for Australians, were fined for child data breaches. So how is this making Australia + our children safe again?
https://whynow.co.uk/read/epic-games-fined-520m-for-child-data-breaches
#bluesky #SocialMedia #Australia #AgeVerification
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iamgerardthomas (@iamgerardthomas@mastodon.social)
So today is day 1 of the under 16’s social media ban in Australia. It’s the first day I have not seen kids outside the school fence staring at their phones (phones are banned on school grounds) and the first time period I have not seen kids walking to school in groups staring at their phones like zombies.
This is a good thing and watch other countries follow.
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c (@c@quokk.au)
BREAKING: Social apps start kicking teens off platforms hours before ban starts
774 Drive has been told some social media apps, including Instagram and Snapchat, have already begun kicking under-16s off their platforms, hours before the social media ban officially starts.
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vibewire (@vibewire@mastodon.au)
Australia Enacts Nationwide Social Media Ban for Under-16s http://dlvr.it/TPkQT0 #Australia #BreakingNews #SocialMedia #AnikaSmells
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NeurodivergentBC (@NeurodivergentBC@neurodifferent.me)
Raise your hand if you are sick of all the #AI #slop that #OpenAI/#ChatGPT, #Meta, #xAI/#Twitter, #Google and #Microsoft are unleashing to ruin #socialmedia.
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bibliolater (@bibliolater@qoto.org)
**Do we swear more with friends or with acquaintances? F#ck in social networks**
"_Our findings show that Americans use fuck most frequently, while Australians least frequently but they are highly creative with spelling variants of the word._"
Laitinen, M. et al. (2025) 'Do we swear more with friends or with acquaintances? F#ck in social networks,' Lingua, 320, p. 103931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2025.103931.
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Swearing #SocialMedia #Sociolinguistics #Academia
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fuckfetish (@fuckfetish@fuckaas.space)
Want a Palestinian owned social media platform that won't ban you for speaking out against genocide? Consider trying Upscrolled.
#technology #socialmedia #palestine #politics
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