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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Social media ban gets no likes from me
Description: You know what the Government should do with this recommendation from a parliamentary select committee to ban under-16s from using social media? Ignore it. With the Government thinking about copying Australia’s ban, a select committee has looked into it and it’s come back with a whole lot of recommendations relating to the online world - including a recommendation that we go ahead with a ban. The committee says: “Harm to young New Zealanders from online platforms is severe and requires urgent responses.” The key word there is “harm” and, as the ACT Part...