Government leaders, academics, advocates and teenagers met over two days to discuss the impact of social media and how to handle its effects in the future.
A summit brought together experts, government and teenagers to talk about social media's impacts and a proposed ban. Here's what happened.A summit brought together experts, government and teenagers to talk about social media's impacts and a proposed ban. Here's what happened.Leaders, experts and teenagers have gathered over two days in South Australia and New South Wales to talk about social media harm.
There were advocates for young people, including Sonya Ryan, founder of the Carly Ryan Foundation which was created in honour of Sonya's daughter Carly, who was murdered by an online predator. And young people such as Ellen Armfield, from the NSW Youth Advisory Council, were on hand to make their voices heard.
The 15-year-old took her own life in 2022 after fake nude images which depicted her likeness were circulated at her school, with Ms Mason sharing how devastating cyber bullying, exacerbated by social media, was for her daughter and family.urged Australia to "slay" the social media monsters Photo shows A young woman in military garb stands next to the hollowed-out shell of a large missile in a scrapyard, covered in graffiti.
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