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I'll find a way. And so will all my other friends
Lydom said
I'd like to keep using it. And it'll be a weird feeling to not have it, and be able to talk to all my friends at home."
But, 12-year-old, Angus Lydom, not impressed by this move told AFPKids and teens should be able to explore those techniques because you can't learn all those things from books,
she said
This is boomers trying to tell young people how the internet should work to make themselves feel better,
said Sarah Hanson-Young, a senator for the left-leaning Greens, in a late Senate sitting just before the bill was passed 34 votes to 19.
It will only create a generation of young people who will be more technologically literate in bypassing these walls,
she told ReutersIt's cart before horse,
said Sunita Bose, managing director of Digital Industry Group, which has most social media companies as membersPutting an age limit and giving the control back to the parents, I think it's a starting point,
said Australian anti-bullying advocate Ali Halkic, whose 17-year-old son Allem took his life in 2009 following social media bullyingThe task now turns to ensuring there is productive consultation on all rules associated with the Bill to ensure a technically feasible outcome that does not place an onerous burden on parents and teens and a commitment that rules will be consistently applied across all social apps used by teens,
the spokesperson saidWe know parents are concerned about the harms to children and we have taken a decision to support them
she told parliament
The voices of children and young people have been conspicuously missing from most of the debate and commentary,
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie wrote, in a piece for Guardian Australia explaining why he changed his mind, from supporting the ban to disagreeing with it
The core focus of this legislation is simple: It demands that social media companies take reasonable steps to identify and remove underage users from their platforms,
Kovacic told the Senate
It’s too late for my daughter, Carly, and the many other children who have suffered terribly and those who have lost their lives in Australia, but let us stand together on their behalf and embrace this together,
she told the AP in an emailThis policy will hurt vulnerable young people the most, especially in regional communities and especially the LGBTQI community, by cutting them off,
Shoebridge told the SenateThe government is running blindfolded into a brick wall by rushing this legislation. Young Australians deserve evidence-based policies, not decisions made in haste,
Stone said in a statementI have always been a proud Australian, but for me subsequent to today’s Senate decision, I am bursting with pride,
Holdsworth told the AP in an emailThis is a responsibility these companies should have been fulfilling long ago, but for too long they have shirked these responsibilities in favor of profit,
she addedThe basis for this is that there is a feeling amongst the majority of Australians that social media does more harm than good,
said Rob Nicholls, a senior research associate in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Sydney
Social media provides vital connections for many young Australians, allowing them to access mental health resources, peer support networks, and a sense of community,
Christopher Stone, executive director of Suicide Prevention Australia, said WednesdayThis is a highly emotional issue and there is an understandable demand for politicians to be seen to be ‘doing something’ about it. Yet it is also a highly complex area that should be examined carefully not in the hasty fashion that has beset this process,
he said Tuesday in a dissent that was published as part of a Senate committee reportThese features are likely to end up resulting in the very downsides we are trying to avoid for our children: preoccupation with devices, less sleep, less nature, less sport, less real-life friendships, less concentration, exposure to sexualized content,
the organization said in a statement