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1. Perhaps it's time to follow Australia's lead, banning children under 16 from having social media accounts.

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:38 PM

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"Australia implemented a law in December 2025 banning children under 16 from having social media accounts, requiring platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to block underage users or face large fines. The law, part of the Online Safety Amendment Act 2024, aims to protect young people from online harms and pressures."

We should follow their lead on guns as well.

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WTAF, Google?! [View all] buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday OP

Perhaps it's time to follow Australia's lead, banning children under 16 from having social media accounts. sop Tuesday #1

corporate profits trump parental decisions Skittles Tuesday #2

Busy standing guard over school bathrooms.... Jack Valentino Tuesday #9

you got it Skittles Tuesday #10

but on the bright side, the same sort of people have been getting voted off of school boards! Jack Valentino Tuesday #12

I think people have had it with these judgmental fuckwads Skittles Tuesday #13

And, a story I just recently read about a very recent poll showed that a majority of voters Jack Valentino Tuesday #16

that's a good example Skittles Tuesday #19

Sadly not fake Tasmanian Devil Tuesday #3

Google just reversed its policy: Celerity Tuesday #6

because they were caught Maru Kitteh Yesterday #23

It's COPPA compliant TheProle Tuesday #4

Google reverses key parental control policy. Teens will now need to get explicit permission to remove a parental Celerity Tuesday #5

so they avoided a class action lawsuit -- except for the kids who already followed their directions and turned off orleans Tuesday #11

Translation: "we got scared by the backlash"! Jack Valentino Tuesday #17

Hey Google canetoad Tuesday #7

Hey, they just want to make money!--- Jack Valentino Tuesday #14

They could have been well loved and still very very rich, but, at least they got rid of the motto vanlassie Tuesday #18

DISGUSTIPATING Faux pas Tuesday #8

How many Google execs are in those Epstein files? USS_Dauntless Tuesday #15

Groomgle anyone? Montauk6 Tuesday #20

Add another company to the boycott list! BTW, anyone know of any gmail alternatives? Crowman2009 Yesterday #21

Soupy Sales' 'Green Pieces of Paper' Scandal Xipe Totec Yesterday #22

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