‘It’s doing social harm’: Albanese asks states and territories to work together on a social media ban for kids

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Anthony Albanese has written to the nation's first ministers asking for their support in implementing a nationwide minimum age for social media.

After South Australia's Labor government announced it would be moving forward with plans to ban children under 14 from accessing social media, Albanese announced the federal government would introduce legislation addressing the same concerns by the end of the year.

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