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Teens on their phones in Sydney. A new Australian law bars children under 16 from having social media accounts.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Darcey Pritchard, 15, deleted Snapchat off her phone about a year ago when she felt sucked in by its algorithm.
Her friend Luca Hagop, also 15, recently spent more than 34 hours on Instagram in one week, sharing pet videos and other reels “so random, they’re funny because they’re so unfunny”.
