Little evidence that Australia's under-16 social media restrictions have curbed use among adolescents (techxplore.com)

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There is little evidence that Australia's Social Media Minimum Age Act has led to any immediate reductions in social media use by under-16s, according to an early analysis of survey data published by The BMJ.

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[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 days ago

As expected, and tangential to the true goal, de-anonymizing the internet. Bet Meta got plenty of identifying information from adults though.

Isn't it about time to go after the real source of harm, the deliberately addictive algorithms used by the major social media players?

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