""We will be completely silenced and cut off from our country and the rest of the world with this ban,""
""Australia is really taking the lead and the question is: What's the U.S. going to do?""
""Its not just the addiction, which is enough harm in and of itself, it's exposure to eating disorder content, suicide content, to child sexual abuse material,""
Australia will ban access to platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube for people under 16 beginning Wednesday. Many Australian teenagers oppose the ban and say it will silence them and cut them off from their country and the world. Child safety advocates in the U.S. praised the policy and urged similar measures, staging demonstrations and demanding device safeguards. Advocates cite addiction, exposure to eating-disorder and suicide content, and child sexual abuse material as major harms. Leaked Meta documents linked platforms to teen suicidal thoughts and body-image problems, and Meta has added safety features.
Read at ABC7 Los Angeles
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