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Re:Australians to face age checks from search engines by tacticus on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:03PM (#44439898)
> That said, a better approach would be to limit kids under certain age from owning smartphones with full internet access. Instead, they could have a phone without internet access—dumb phones—or ones with curated/limited access.

This wouldn't allow them to watch gambling ads or enjoy murdoch venues.

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Re:Australians to face age checks from search engines by hilbert42 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:19AM (#44440224)
Oh, the cynicism of some people. :-)

Yes, that empire exported itself to where it would have the greatest effect—cause the most damage.

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