Article 6SG8W If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?

If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?

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Josh Taylor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6SG8W)

Labor has been at pains to say people won't need digital ID or to hand over their passport - but there's nothing in legislation preventing it

A dominant theme of the hastily written submissions to the federal government's one-day review of its social-media ban bill is that the process is far too rushed to consider its wide-ranging effects on all Australians.

A year from now, every Australian logging on to Facebook, Instagram or TikTok may be confronted with a prompt that the company is requiring you to prove your age.

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