Post #960892

2026-03-22 11:37 UTC

I had a conversation with a friend who lives in Australia today. He said that his family members with teenage kids are saying that it’s ‘business as usual’ for Australian teens on social media. They find workarounds that quickly get shared amongst them. I wonder if the Australian government will do an assessment of the impact of their recent ban. It would be cynical if they didn’t. Coincidentally, this came up in my news feed today as well: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cq8g9y5x1llo #socialmedia #socialmediaban #Australia #teenagers #parenting #ageverification

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@stephengentle@ioc.exchange 2026-03-22 14:04

@theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza That’s what I was hearing from various teenage children of my cousins in Sydney back at Christmas (older cousins’ kids are around that age range). Stuff like “oh she was really sad that she lost her old account” from the parents. They didn’t care that their kids all had new accounts that pretend to be older, both the kids and parents were openly saying that’s what was happening!

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@Bern@aus.social 2026-03-22 20:46

@theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza Aussie here. The biggest impact on my kids of losing their accounts is that they no longer see kid-friendly feeds that correlate with their interests, and many of the ads they see now are for gambling and alcohol. They have more access to harmful content, not less, as they're fed the same content as not-logged-in adults.

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@vegai@sauna.social 2026-03-23 05:36

@theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza It took a long time for social media's problems to materialize. I'm sure the reverse will be true as well. The worst thing right now would be to stop the bans.

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