Australian social media ban raises concerns of youth isolation

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Starting from December 10, Australia will impose a world-first social media ban on under-16s due to mental health concerns, blocking them from TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. Research shows the over-use of social media is harming young teens, but some young people are worried that being cut off from their online safe spaces will result in more harm than good. - REUTERS

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00:00it's gonna be worse for like queer people and like people with like niche interests I guess

00:11because like that's the only way they can find their community and some people also use it to

00:17like vent their feelings and like talk to people to like get help or something so I feel like it

00:25would be fine for some people but for some people it would like worsen their mental health because

00:29you're sending the the like isolated alone people back my biggest thing is that if somebody can go

00:35get a piercing can go get a job can go get their own Medicare card can get a tax file number can go

00:41take their driver's knowledge test before the age of 16 and they can do all of these things with the

00:46trust that they are responsible enough to handle it and advocate for themselves if it becomes too

00:50much how can we then say they can't hold a social media account

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