The story behind Australia’s social media ban for kids – and how it started with a politician's wife

The story behind Australia's social media ban for kids – and how it started with a politician's wife

The story behind Australia's social media ban for kids – and how it started with a politician's wife

Since Meta META.O whistleblower Frances Haugen aired internal emails in 2021 showing the tech giant knew of social media's mental health impacts on teenagers, world leaders have agonised over how to curb the technology's addictive pull on young minds.

Australia passes nationwide social media ban for under-16sBan sparked by state leader's quest after wife urged him to actRupert Murdoch's News Corp media campaign backed banSurvey shows 77pc of Austr… [+587 chars]

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