Australia to restrict social media users age to 16

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2 months ago

September 10, 2024

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

The Australian government has announced it will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16.

The country’s prime minister disclosed this on Tuesday, September 10, vowing to get kids off their devices and ‘onto the footy fields’.

Federal legislation to keep children off social media will be introduced this year, Anthony Albanese said, describing the impact of the sites on young people as a ‘scourge’.

The minimum age for children to log into sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok has not been decided but is expected to be between 14 and 16 years, Albanese said.

The prime minister said his own preference would be a block on users aged below 16.

Age verification trials are being held over the coming months, the centre-left leader said, though analysts said they doubted it was technically possible to enforce an online age limit.

‘I want to see kids off their devices and onto the footy fields and the swimming pools and the tennis courts,’ Albanese said.

We want them to have real experiences with real people because we know that social media is causing social harm,’ he told national broadcaster ABC.

This is a scourge. We know that there is mental health consequences for what many of the young people have had to deal with,’ he said.

Australia’s conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton said he would support an age limit.

‘Every day of delay leaves young kids vulnerable to the harms of social media and the time for relying on tech companies to enforce age limits,’ he said.

But it is not clear that the technology exists to reliably enforce such bans, said the University of Melbourne’s associate professor in computing and information technology, Toby Murray.

Banditry; Popular song write,r Nnam abducted in Anambra

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9 minutes ago

November 16, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

Jude Nnam, the famous Nigerian Christian music composer, has been kidnapped.

Nnam, also known as ‘Ancestor,’ is the National Music Director for the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and a member of the National Liturgical Commission, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN).

He was allegedly kidnapped on Thursday evening around 6 p.m. in Umunnachi, Anambra State.

The music icon is said to have traveled to Anambra for a church function.

A Catholic priest, Rev Fr Augustine Mario, shared the sad news of Nnam’s kidnap on his Facebook page on Friday.

“Please kindly keep Sir Dr. Jude Nnam (Ancestor) in your prayers.

He was allegedly kidnapped yesterday evening around 6 p.m. in Umunnachi, Anambra State.

Sir Jude Nnam is the CAN National Music Director and Member of the National Liturgical Commission, CSN, etc.

“May God grant him safety and quick release from his abductors.

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SAD! Trailer Kills Mother, Two Daughters To Death In Ogbomoso

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11 minutes ago

November 16, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

A middle-aged woman and two of her daughters have been crushed to death in Ogbomosho, Oyo State.

The incident occurred on Wednesday night at Apake area of Ogbomosho.

It was learned that the mother, identified as Kudirat, and her two daughters, Mariam (13 years) and Azeezat (10 years), were said to be returning from their shop when the incident occurred.

It was gathered that the deceased left their shop at Takie at about 11 p.m.

They were going back to their residence at Nana River/Atenda area on a commercial motorcycle when the accident occurred.

It was gathered that the bodies of the victims have been deposited at a morgue.

A source within the town explained that the motorcyclist and the driver of the trailer escaped unhurt.

“The three were crushed brutally. However, the motorcyclist escaped unhurt while the trailer driver also sped off; he was pursued but made his escape.”

All efforts made by Daily Post to get a reaction from the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Rosemary Alo, proved abortive at the time of filing this report on Friday

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Adeyanju talks from both sides of his mouth -CRP slams activist

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14 minutes ago

November 16, 2024

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…last year he hailed Tinubu for appointing Wike

…as Rivers Gov, Adeyanju outlined his remarkable achievements

…and now he’s mocking Wike as being too old

Concerned Rivers People CRP has accused activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju as speaking from both sides of his mouth over his recent utterances on FCT minister, Nyesom Wike.

The group in a statement issued and signed by its Director of Communications Robinson Uke on Saturday, they asserted that the social media influencer talks from both sides of his mouth.

It recalled how in 2023 , Adeyanju took his social media and poured encomiums on president Bola Tinubu for appointing thoroughbred administrator as FCT minister.

Still going on memory lane, Wike as Rivers Governor, same Adeyanju hailed him(Wike) for embarking on massive rejuvenation of projects in the state using Largos as a yardstick.

Adeyanju did not stop there, barely three months after Wike’s emergence as FCT minister, he showered praises on him.

On PDP, same man (Adeyanju) heaped praises on Wike and Ortom as the bulwarks of the party and how Wike single handedly sustained the party from not kicking the bucket.

“If we may ask, what has changed that made Wike an aging personality suddenly after all these encomiums?

“Could it be that he didn’t get an expected favour from Wike? Or is all these activism just part of stomach infrastructure.

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