SYDNEY: Australian PM Anthony Albanese in a video message urged children to enjoy their time offline. “Make the most of the school holidays coming up. Rather than spending it scrolling on your phone, start a new sport, learn a new instrument, or read that book that has been sitting there for some time on your shelf,” he said. “And importantly, spend quality time with your friends and your family, face to face.”The rollout ends a year of speculation about whether a country can block children from using technology embedded in modern life. It also begins a live experiment that will be studied globally by lawmakers frustrated by what they say is a tech industry too slow to implement harm-reduction measures. Govts from Denmark to Malaysia – and even some states in the US – say they plan similar steps.(This is a Reuters story)
