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Re:Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth so... by jack_tripper on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @09:56AM (#46205567)
How so? Parents and schools can collectively decide to take away the smartphones of preschoolers if keeping them safe and focused was the main priority. Like how else is a preschooler gonna get a smartphone without adult money and support? Last time I checked preschoolers can't open a checking account and a credit card.

This bs of government forcing everyone in the country to have to doxx themselves just so preschoolers can't access social media(which they will anyway since rebellious children are very resourceful on cheating the system made by tech illiterate adults), is like if prehistoric humanity were to stop using fire just because the village idiot burned his house down.

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Re:Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth so... by floren on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @10:56AM (#46206356)
> Parents and schools can collectively decide to take away the smartphones of preschoolers if keeping them safe and focused was the main priority

Collective action? Like some sort of communist? No THANK you!

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Re:Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth so... by ForHackernews on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @11:27AM (#46219737)
If only there were some kind of collective larger than a family or a school that could decide to take away social media from impressionable children...
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Re:Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth so... by jack_tripper on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @03:24PM (#46223242)
Yes, and how would the government ban social media apps from preschoolers without forcing everyone to doxx themselves to prove age?

Your sarcastic jab doesn't add any new questions or answers to this very important issue, since everyone can agree social media is bad for kids, but also we don't want to lose internet anonymity just because schools and parents can't raise kids without giving them a smartphone in hand since birth.

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Re:Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth so... by ForHackernews on Thursday December 11, 2025 @07:38AM (#46230652)
They've already done it, mate. You can go read about the Australian law. They are putting the burden of proof on the tech companies: "You have heaps of data on your users, you know who are young teens because you target them for marketing. Ban underage kids or we fine you."
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