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For all of us here who consider social
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media to be one of the great social
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experiments of our time on our young
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people, then perhaps a social media ban
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will stand as the first true antidote.
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It starts here in Australia today. The
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world will follow like nations once
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followed our lead on plain tobacco
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packaging, gun reform, water and sun
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safety. How can you not follow a country
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who is clearly prioritizing teen safety
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ahead of tech profits? We've been
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crystal clear with the social media
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companies about their responsibilities.
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And I have every confidence that the
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most powerful and innovative industry of
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all time has the technical capability to
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meet these obligations with precision
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and with continuous improvement. We are
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not expecting flawlessness. We've built
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in allowances for that enforcement will
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target systemic failures after rigorous
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investigation and under our own terms
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and our own time. These isolated cases
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of teenage cit creativity,
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circumvention, spoofing, and other
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ingenious ways people will inevitably
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push boundaries will continue to fill
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newspaper pages. But we won't be
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deterred. We are playing the long game.
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We are united in giving this our very
