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The social media ban is coming, whether families like it or not: 5 ways to prepare kids and teens (theconversation.com)
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In less than four months, world-first legislation will ban Australian under-16s from certain social media platforms.

Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, X, Reddit and YouTube will all be off limits for children and teens.

It’s still not clear exactly how the restrictions will be implemented. But the federal government says social media platforms must take “reasonable steps” to delete the accounts of minors before or on December 10 and stop them from creating new accounts through age verification software.

Parents will not be able to give their consent to allow under-16s to use these platforms.

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[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
  1. Create an account for your kid
  2. Verify your kid's account using your data
  3. Register on social media and hand the account over to your kid
  4. Let your kid use your account
  5. Giver your credentials to your kid
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