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Today — 10 December 2025Main stream

A Million Teenagers Just Got Barred From Social Media, and Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Hoax’

Plus, the travel influencers who aren’t actually real.

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Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard children from the harms of social platforms.

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Takes Effect

10 December 2025 at 15:16
The measure, which affects anyone under 16, is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard young people from the potential harms of the platforms.

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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, standing alongside 12-year-old girl Flossie, center left, who criticized social media companies during an official function to mark the start of Australia’s social media changes in Sydney on Wednesday.
Yesterday — 9 December 2025Main stream

Who Is Andrew Ferguson, the FTC Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump?

9 December 2025 at 01:34
Andrew Ferguson has used the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection mandate to investigate issues important to President Trump and his base.

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Andrew Ferguson, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing in May.
Before yesterdayMain stream

How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work

7 December 2025 at 13:01
The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.

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James Tomlinson, 9, playing a game on a phone in Melbourne, Australia.

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

2 December 2025 at 03:12
Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his vision for an internet that puts people, not ad revenues, first.
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