In the months leading up to the implementation of Australia’s social media ban in December 2025, there was much discussion about the possible negative consequences.
I’m not sure this is a bad thing… Social media really isn’t where news should be obtained.
the goal was to prevent them from learning what isreal is doing to palesine and lebanon and it’s working.
Israel is committing genocide, but I don’t think this ban was for that reason.
Also, I’m a dumbass and spelt genocide wrong, and I just noticed that iOS seemed to refuse to offer suggestions for correcting it no matter how I tweaked it. That’s weird. Maybe I’m overthinking it.
My friends who post “news” with links to Twitter always seem to post an aggregator account that just posts a screenshot and a blurb, never any links to further details or sources or reporting. I sometimes press them to share a better link.
What I’m saying is I don’t think the “news” is great on social media. Especially what teens might be choosing to follow.
What did anyone expect? I think this is literally the central purpose of this: to make sure the population is less well-informed so they can be ruled more easily.
I really used to think self-declared western liberal democracies were better than this. I don’t anymore.
