IT IS OFFICIAL: AUSTRALIA BANS SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-16S IN WORLD-FIRST MOVE. (PHOTO).

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 Australia bans social media for under-16s in world-first move  Australia has implemented a sweeping ban on social media use for children under 16, marking a world-first move aimed at curbing teenage addiction to platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Under the new rules, social media companies and popular websites face fines of up to AU$49.5 million ($33 million) if they allow underage users to maintain accounts. The government says the measures are necessary to shield children from harmful content, including bullying, sexual material, and online predators. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasized that social media “is often used as a weapon for bullies, a platform for peer pressure, a driver of anxiety, and a tool for online predators.” The law, effective Wednesday, immediately blocks hundreds of thousands of teenagers from accessing the apps they used daily. Platforms affected include Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit, Twitch, Kick, Thread...

A MAN CLAIMED TO HAVE DISABILITIES,TO GAIN FROM THE UK GOVERNMENT BUT HE WAS LATER SEEN JET SKIING,CYCLING ETC.

Tricky: Another photo showed him balancing on a rope bridge at Giant's Causeway in Ireland              57 year old Mark Haugh,told officials he could only walk a few steps without discomfort and would be left bed bound for up to five days a week due to mobility issues.An investigation opened up on him when he was spotted strolling through Bristol Airport.Eventually they discovered an action filled holiday photo album,with pictures of him on the back of a Jet ski and balancing on a perilious rope bridge at Giant's Causeway in Ireland.He was given a community order and Judge Mark Horton said ''One of the huge difficulties about people who abuse the benefit system,attracts huge public attention,huge public disapproval and enormous bitterness.People who pay their taxes,when they discover that someone who has a disability is known to go on foreign holidays,on jet skis and cycling,they come to the conclusion that their position in the society is being abused by people like you,that is the reason you are in court.It is not acceptable in the society.It was also appalling not to disclose it.Mark Haugh had claimed 7,032 pounds as Disability Living Allowance between January 2012 and April last year.The allowance for these year stop coming after the Department for work and Pensions seized some of his holiday snaps and spotted him strolling through Bristol Airport.Mark's Haugh lawyer claimed Mark legitimately claimed for benefit initially but had failed to inform the authorities of an improvement in his condition.That he has no plan to spend the money on ill gotten gains on a luxury lifestyle.He pleaded guilty to receiving the over payment by failing to notify a change in circumstances.He was given a community order with six month's supervision to help him with employment and training,problem solving and debt advice.More photos below.                                                                    Action-filled: The 57-year-old, who received more than £7,000 in benefits, was seen jet-skiing in IrelandCaught: This is one of Mark Haugh's holiday photos that emerged after he claimed he can only walk a few steps   

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