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Australia to ban social media for people under 16

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Australia’s Parliament approved a new law that would ban people under the age of 16 from using social media.

The ban goes into effect in a year.

The law would make social media companies liable for up to $33 million for repeated failures to stop children under 16 from having accounts.

Read more from The Associated Press.

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