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Would an Australia-style social media ban work here?

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    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -28% Somewhat Left

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "We have to remember that Australia is working in a very different constitutional and human rights framework to anybody inside the EU.
55% : They are big employers and pay billions in corporation tax here.
53% : "Ireland is of the view that it would be preferable for any decision to be taken by the EU and EU Member States together and that we should have regard to the rights of children and young people," the department said. What are the social media platforms saying about the ban?
52% : "Australia obviously isn't a party to European Convention on Human Rights or covered by the EU's Fundamental Rights Charter.
52% : Campaign groups say there are better ways of protecting children online such as making platforms turn off algorithms by default; and by introducing tougher regulations for online advertising.
50% : If the EU does start discussions on an Australia-style ban, how loud will Ireland's voice be given the importance of the social media giants to our economy?
48% : The Department of Communications previously said that Ireland, along with other European Union member states, is examining the question of prohibiting access by children and young people to social media platforms.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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