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Social media ban: Should we follow the Aussie example?

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Australia, Down Under (nickname for Australia and sometimes New Zealand, referring to their location in the Southern Hemisphere), has banned social media for those aged 16 and below.

This was unprecedented for a generation that grew up with the phone.

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