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Dec 2024
55m 41s

Social Media Bans

Peoples Media, This Is So Awkward
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Australia has just banned social media for kids under the age of 16. This prompts so MANY many questions including: What counts as social media? How will the ban work? Who’s responsible for implementation? Should we have a similar ban in the US? And perhaps most importantly, we explore what is the data (if any) sitting at the root of the ban, including what would be the ideal basis on which to write and enact laws. 



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Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media

Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA") | Federal Trade Commission

US state age assurance laws for social media – AVPA

What Jonathan Haidt Gets Right… and Wrong



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