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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by iamacyborg on Thursday December 11, 2025 @06:40AM (#46230162)
> Bullying is not new and was performed via sms before the internet.

Pretty sure the internet was a thing well before kids got dumb phones.

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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by Swenrekcah on Thursday December 11, 2025 @07:36AM (#46230636)
That is true. The ubiquitous mobile internet and social media I should have said.
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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by SecretDreams on Thursday December 11, 2025 @07:39AM (#46230664)
> Pretty sure the internet was a thing well before kids got dumb phones.

The internet has evolved meaningfully over the last 10 years, even. Evolved might be generous, though.

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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by iamacyborg on Thursday December 11, 2025 @11:07AM (#46233132)
Yeah, myspace was already dead and buried 10 years ago and we’d all stopped using msn/aim and moved to other platforms by that point
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