>now more kids than ever are on social media.

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i would need to see some data for that. no way the law had the effect of causing kids to sign up to social media who otherwise, before the law, didnt.

at worst, i could maybe see the law having a 0% effectiveness (i.e. the same number of kids using social media before/after the law). but i think even that is a big stretch.

The problem in Australia is that influencers and musicians are still allowed on social media regardless of age, as they have professionally managed accounts. So the result is that poor children in Australia don't have access to social media and that rich kids just hire an agency to represent them.

The Australian government should fix that.

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