Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown

As a host of countries move to rein in social media use by children, could this be technology’s big tobacco moment?

The Guardian
Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown

As a host of countries move to rein in social media use by children, could this be technology’s big tobacco moment?

The Guardian
Has Cornwall’s housing crisis created a van life generation?

Cornwall's housing crisis is forcing young people to live in vans. As second homes and short-term holiday lets drive up house prices, a growing number are turning to van life to stay in the place they love. The Guardian meets young people who say their van brings them freedom but also uncertainty, as they struggle to find water, safe places to park and secure a future

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‘More relevant than making fires’: Explorer Scouts launch badges for AI and digital age

Content creation and online safety among new topics for 14- to 18-year-olds – but tweaks may be needed when social media ban comes in

The Guardian
’It can flip quickly from being idyllic’: the reality of life for young van dwellers priced out of Cornwall’s housing market

With tourists buying up property and landlords opting for lucrative Airbnb rentals, young Cornish people are turning to old campervans to give them a roof over their heads

The Guardian

Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows
By Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/24/australia-under-16-social-media-ban-no-substantial-effects-study

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Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows

Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’

The Guardian
Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows

Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’

The Guardian
cambridge, massachusetts
september 1969

young people, cambridge common

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Gen Z earning more than millennials did at the same age, says thinktank

At age 24, workers born in the late 1990s are paid more than any cohort since those born in the 1950s

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boston, massachusetts
may 1970

musicians, public garden

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