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Australia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 23 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Which type of social media are we referring to here?

Doesn’t Lemmy count as social media?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    There's a list of 10 or 12 social networks that are banned: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, etc.

    Lemmy is still legal.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Lemmy is legal because it’s too small for them to notice.

    And YouTube is an incredible resource for finding information. It’s not social media at all.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Its also an incredible resource for finding misinformation and disinformation unfortunately.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    That's an issue with any form of information sharing, though. Your local library is full of false information as well, whether that's because it's outdated or because you live somewhere like the US where all school curriculum books have to be approved by a Texas based group per federal law.

    Lies spread faster than the truth, and the internet is great at spreading information.

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