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Australia implemented a world-first teen social media ban to reduce teen social media usage and its associated harms.
Years into Australia's quest to get teens off social media, the Albanese government is suddenly in a hurry. [...] If Albanese is right and there's no time to waste, how much more of it can we spend just waiting for the ban to work?
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Revisions to the ban or increased enforcement powers may be proposed.
Likely · Within months
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