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Big questions on Australia's new social media law

Big questions on Australia's new social media law

Episode 741 Published 1 year, 3 months ago
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Today's story: Australia’s new law bans children under 16 from social media, but two key questions remain: how will platforms verify user ages, and what exactly counts as a social media platform? So much of the online world has at least some social component: will teen book nerds be kicked off Goodreads?

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