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Social media accounts sold to under-16s to bypass ban Quote:Just over 24 hours into Australia’s social media ban, kids have already found a myriad of loopholes to beat the restrictions.
It only takes a simple online search to find a black market for social media accounts up for sale.
There are dedicated websites aimed at children locked out by the nationwide ban, with the price tag ranging from just $50 to up in the thousands.
However, cyber safety expert Susan McLean told 10 News+ that buyers should be cautious.
She warns the accounts for sale could just be the work of scammers, and slams the government’s blanket ban, which she says increases “the likelihood of harm to young people”.
I was wondering how long it would take for this to happen. Good old Australia - there's a new scam born every minute so it would seem.
On a related note - I had to laugh when I was on the train to Mosman Park this morning.
There was a woman and (I'm guessing) her two young daughters (maybe 16, maybe not? The younger one didn't look at least 16) on either side of her sitting opposite me and all three of them had their faces glued to their phones all the way from Perth Station until I got off at Mosman Park about 20 minutes later.
The woman glanced up occasionally presumably to see how far it was to their station, the two girls didn't look up from their phones even once.
At one stage I started to wonder if they were all messaging each other on social media because I didn't hear a single word from any of them.
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