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Good morning, Nick Visser here to take over the blog. Let’s get into it.

Anthony Albanese has told the UN general assembly that “retaining sovereignty must have a digital dimension” as he spruiked his teen social media ban, opt out algorithm and AI statement.

The conversations they have had together confirm the common concerns they have about their children, that social media is robbing them of their childhood, addicting them to algorithms [and] encouraging anxieties, eating disorders and other harms.

Put simply, we must give children back their childhood.

In this digital age, retaining sovereignty must have a digital dimension.