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Australia 'Bans Social Media for Teens Under 16': A World First Sparks Global Shock

Australia has announced plans to bar under-16s from using social media platforms, a world-first move that has triggered global shock. The proposal follows mounting concern about online harm and child safety.

International Business Times UK

Survey: 91 Percent of College Students Think 'Words Can Be Violence.' That Could Feed Real Violence.

But there's a silver lining—sort of.

Reason

A US psychologist prescribed a social media ban for kids. How did Australia become the test subject?

From nascent policy idea in one state to passing federal parliament in just days, it has been a whirlwind journey for the world-first legislation that will take effect from 10 December

The Guardian - AU

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Australia wants to end the era of kids on social media with international ban hailed as ‘first domino’ in global movement

If Meta, Google, and others can’t figure out how to block accounts of users under 16 years old, they’ll be fined $33 million per breach.

Fortune

Friendslop Is The Biggest Gaming Trend in 2025 — And It’s Just Getting Started

2025 is the year gaming embraced friendslop. From new games like R.E.P.O and Peak to the friendslop-ification of Fortnite & GTA, it's just getting started.

Inverse

Disney Star Calum Worthy Underfire For 'Sick' AI App That Creates Avatars of the Departed

Calum Worthy promotes 2wai's video chat app on X, but it garnered harsh response from the users who disapproved of the AI-generated avatar of the deceased.

International Business Times UK

Gen Z’s brains are ‘growing around their phones’ the way a tree warps around a tombstone, ‘Anxious Generation’ author warns

Speaking at a Dartmouth symposium on mental health, NYU professor Jonathan Haidt discussed his research on “the great rewiring.”

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Oklahoma's Obscenity Bait and Switch Could Ban Pride Parades and Public Drag Shows

These lawmakers expect local authorities to ban "obscenity" before it happens—a recipe for chilling a wide variety of legal speech.

Reason

As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?

A wave of proposed social media bans for young people has swept the globe recently, fuelled by mounting concern about the apparent harm the likes of TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat can cause to vulnerable minds.

The Conversation

This chief people officer is leading ‘Gen Z training’ for managers at her $1.5 billion startup. Both sides have a lot to learn

Rebecca Adams, chief people officer of Cohesity, said Gen Z colleagues "share everything, which I admire," but sometimes "it also is mindboggling."

Fortune

Jonathan Haidt: Kids Should Put Down the Phones and Take More Risks

"We're too afraid they'll get abducted," says the author of The Anxious Generation. "That sets kids up to be weaker."

Reason

School smartphone bans reflect growing concern over youth mental health and academic performance

The number of states banning smartphones in schools is growing.

The Conversation

Michelle Obama reveals the parenting method she and Barack clashed over

The former first lady admitted on her podcast that she and Barack implemented the Ferber method

The Independent UK

The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities

For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault

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‘No smartphones before 14; no social media until 16’: The Anxious Generation author on how to fight back against big tech

One year on, Jonathan Haidt talks about the way his book changed the global conversation around children and digital devices – and explains how he handles his own teenagers

Fortune

Parent groups are hosting 'Alternative Device Fairs' that showcase 'dumb' phones with limited features

The fairs, where “dumb” or restricted phones are exhibited to parents, have been popping up around the U.S.

The Conversation

10 reasons why banning social media for New Zealanders under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too

Government coalition partners National and Act are at odds over proposed restrictions on social media use by New Zealanders aged 16 and under.

The Guardian - UK

‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?

It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about their own ‘addiction’?

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Hugh Grant Blasts ‘Pathetic’ Rules At His Kids’ Elite Schools, Reveals The ‘Final Straw’ Moment

Hugh Grant is "another angry parent fighting the eternal, exhausting and depressive battle with children who only want to be on a screen."

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Hugh Grant calls for tech ban in schools

Hugh Grant has blasted “pathetic” schools and called for a ban on laptops and tablets in the classroom, according to The Telegraph newspaper.

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s political bullying of Harvard will do nothing to foster diversity of thought

Substituting liberal biases with conservative will only serve to subvert academic objectivity

Kiplinger

6 Summer Books to Clear Your Mind (or Totally Escape It)

From breakthrough habits to beach-worthy thrillers, these summer reads will help you refocus your mind or blissfully forget what day it is.

Reason

Does Tween Tech Study Prove Jonathan Haidt Right?

Nope, but it does show how complicated the issue is.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Has the campaign to get smartphones out of schools reached a tipping point?

In today’s newsletter: Momentum is growing for stricter smartphone rules for children, as schools, parents, and the Children’s Commissioner push for bans amid rising concerns

Fortune

'The iPad is not TV' and 2 other urgent lessons about kids and screen time from the 'Anxious Generation' author

Jonathan Haidt has these three urgent messages for parents worried about the effects of screen time.

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