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3 September 2026

Social-media curbs for kids are not working in Asia

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Social-media curbs for kids are not working in Asia

So she was excited when Australia became the first country in the world to ban social-media accounts for under-16s. But the rules, imposed in December, “literally did nothing”. Her son lost his ...

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