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At the prime minister's official
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residence, the families whose kids have
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been killed by online bullying. The
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social media ban too late for all of
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them. But they celebrated its arrival
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Our kids that we've lost
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haven't died in vain.
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Digital D-Day. The prime minister
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calling it his proudest moment.
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This is world leading. This is Australia
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showing enough is enough. Two million
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Australian children officially kicked
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Things are not good over here.
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Logging on to be told they were logged
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out. Messages like these sprayed
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Instagram. I did the facial recognition
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and it said I was good to go.
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The net a wash with stories of kids
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who'd escaped the crackdown.
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YouTube is still operating. 7 News has
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been tracking one group of students from
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Western Sydney, Good Samaritan College.
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Has anybody not received a message yet?
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I checked this morning just to see and
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I'm still able to watch videos.
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Surprisingly, I still have access to my
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The experience is mixed. So were the
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emotions. You're now officially
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disconnected. How does that feel?
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I I'm really I'm upset. It was a real
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shock for me when I got the notification
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that it had signed me out.
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Some of my friends, they don't have a
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phone number. Some of them only can
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communicate using social media.
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One got access from an old account.
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That's pretty shocking that one account
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I can't at all and then the other
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account I have all the freedom in the
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The ban hits 10 of the most popular
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platforms. Kids under 16 banned. Facial
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recognition or government ID needed to
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verify their age. But while a generation
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of Australian school kids are grappling
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with these new laws, Apple today gave
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fresh insights into how many of them are
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really reacting. Mass downloads of ways
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to beat the ban. Apple's app store data
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revealing the top four downloads today.
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All social media platforms not on the
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Download a VPN tonight.
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Fears of kids being pushed to darker,
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unregulated parts of the net.
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We are not expecting flawlessness. We've
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built in allowances for that.
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The world first move the center of
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Other countries and doubtless many
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parents will be watching closely.
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From newscasts to Kylie.
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I think it's a healthy change. Yeah.
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For Wayne Holdsworth, it's for Mac.
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What do you think Mac could be thinking
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Well, he was on my shoulder when I was
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um presenting and he told me that he was
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and um I'm proud of him.
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Big techs victims. Chris Rezen, 7 News.
