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Tinsley and Ollie

1. Social media is addictive, and so you will stay on stay on social media for a long time.

2. It's bad for pupils.

3. Cyberbullying.

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Jamie and Quincy

1. Going on social media too much at a young age will stop your brain from learning.

2. Your brain won't work properly because it will only remember what you watched only.

3. Some kids watch their phone while eating at the restaurants, they get so addicted that if their parents gave them a leaf, they would still eat it.

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Allison and Angela

1] In the last six months Australia's kids have been bullied, and just around 44% of kids have been cyber bullied.

2] Cyberbullying rates have increased by 16% since 2019, and this has impacted many children globally.

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1) Kids need to have some social life. Also if you have a friend that maybe lives in a different country then you are gonna have to call very once in a while.

2) Sometimes there are nice peopkle on the internet and sometimes there are mean people but most people won't talk to the mean people and people can just block the mean people.

3) Some websites and videos on the internet can teach you how do do something and educate kids.

Olivia + Harper

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I Don't disagree or agree.

1.Some social media can help like Youtube for learning to make things or play an instrument like Guitar.

2.It will protect younger kids from inappropriate language like swear words.

My conclusion is that it can help protect but it might limit some learning

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1. I agree with australia banning social media because some kids now days, they are always looking at their screens while eating, they don't even know what they taste like or even don't know what they are eating.

2.The second point is that, if kids under 16 are always going on social media, it might stop your brain from developing more.

3. The last reason is that , often kids under 16 might be getting cyberbullying banning social media stops all of these from happening.

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1. I don't agree because children will cause chaos due to the sudden change of social media, some children will put their lives on hold and might experience depression and shut themselves out of the outside world.

2. Some job opportunities will not be available to Australia children such as YouTubers.

3. Children will not know what is happening to the outside world, Children won't understand adult news and just stay curious about the outside world, not only shut in their room but also shut in their country.

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I think that children should be able to use youtube but otherwise i agree

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Summarization:

Social media (Instagram, Facebook etc.) in Australia have been banned under the age of 16. If a social media giant (A big company or organization) were to neglect this, they would be faced with a $50 million dollar fine.

Opinion:

I strongly believe that this is a bad idea considering the fact that they are not as open to virtual things, but I understand that they may be vulnerable to inappropriate content too.

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1. I do not agree with the ban because there are some platforms that are kid friendly

2. Me and my friends use snapchat to text or take photos and on snapchat you could only take photos and text so i think snapchat should not be banned

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It is right for them banning the social media for kids cause this can affect their life as they grow up

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1) I don't agree because I think that 16 is way too old and I think 14 to 15 would be a good age and I think that we would be trusted by an trusted adult and your parents wouldn't give a phone to a non-trusted person/kid.

2) I also agree for the tiktok because people can take videos of evrything, whenever, wherever they want.

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I think that the social media age requerment should be 30 because during their teanage age they can do some pretty bad stuff with their friends and oce they finnesh collage (29 max)you will probally get marryed and youed be 30 and then you become all mature and your wife can gudie you to do the right stuff and also you will have children so you have to do the right thing to guide your children to also do the right stuff

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I think that Australia banned social media for people under 16-17 because they want to keep the children safe from cyberbullying or inappropriate things.

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1] I think that Austrailia banning social media is a good idea because there had a lot of cyber bulling .

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Jens

1. I 100% agree as cyberbullying can lead to many risks of young teens being fat shamed, roasted and told of for what they looked like.

2. I agree with the opinion of Australia as kids that have so many texting apps (e.g snapchat, whats up, twitter, instagram etc.)can write something hurtful and by accident when they actually wanted it to be a joke

also over the passed weekend, many teens between the range of age 16-17 have suicided themselves of fat shaming and long-term bullying even with tik tok dances bullying the children.

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I love Youtube because I can learn guitar, and be more entertained. But I'm still very happy that Australia is thinking about their children. And I'm happy that they are aware of cyberbullying.

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I disagree because 12 yrs are starting to go hang out with other people but for younger children should have the ban

Harper the hungry guy

(Last Monday in HK ;-;)

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other countries should follow in australias path

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I believe the 16Y old ban for social media is reasonable due to kids under 16 being very vulnerable to fake or real online information.

But I also believe that not all social media websites should be banned such as youtube where their are many educational videos, but still there should be adult supervision when doing so.

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1. I think that people under 16 should not be on social media, because they might not be ready to see bad coments or see inappropriate things.

2. Kids should not use social media, because if they watch too much, they will act like what they see on social media.

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Horrible because there are educational and fun things online

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I agree that they should ban social media because it can cause cyberbullying so when children are older they will know what is wrong and what is right.

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Tinsley

1. Prime Minister wants the parents to know that "social media is harming our kids," and that they have their back.

2. Kids can be harmed very easily with social media.

3. And from the article itself, "Mr Dutton said it was a “defining* and critical issue” for many Australian families and it was well past time that this action was taken."

Do I agree with the ban?

No Yes.

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I don't agree because a lot of good things can also be on social media and shared with more people

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it is right for australia to change the minimum age and I have a lot of evidence to support me

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1.social media is great its just like youtube with out social media we had no fun at all and people are losing there jobs but why what did social media do to us. but also some one got kidNaped just for posting a selfie of were they live so be safe on social media .

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Horrible what is Australia thinking???

1,I disagree social media and other things are essential to the growth of the children because when they grow up the tech will be different then they need to catch up on the new tech.

2,Even tho the kids may be mentally sick Australia could just put a time limit to stop children from using their electronics too much

3,idk idk idk idk

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Jasper 6B

I kind of agree and disagree!

1. There are many inappropriate messages, videos, and pictures may harm some kids. And may become pretty rude.

2. Youtube has some very educational videos, Australia doesn't have to ban all of Youtube! There are so many more appropriate videos!

3. I recommend Australia to only ban certain websites. Like Facebook or instagram based on inappropriate

messages and content.

Overall, I think this is a good choice but maybe reconsider what websites to ban.

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1. 'Sick' as in mentally, most of the time. Cyberbullying has been proven to increase depression, anxiety, stress, and other mental health issues.

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1. I agree that the age requirement ahould be changed due to scammers and false information

2. I also think that it should not be changed so that children can see the news from other points of veiw

liam

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I think that Australia banning social media is okay because i think that they wanted the kids not to read other stuff and go out of the country, Just like china because ealier this year china banned scocial media and chat GPT and all the other AI stuff from other countrys and created their own. like their own dictonary that has got some words spelled wrong. so thats why i think that austarial is banning social media

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1. I agree with the ban because cyberbullying has become a large breach in the society. Many kids will become sick and unhappy.

2. I also agree that children under 16-17 are very vulnerable and can be harmed very easily.