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.

    • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      the goal was to prevent them from learning what isreal is doing to palesine and lebanon and it’s working.

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        3 days ago

        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.

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      3 days ago

      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.