‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities | Social media ban | The Guardian

“it’s okay, she should be outside playing sports” — no?

“I have autism and mental health things, it’s hard making friends in real life for me,” she says. “My online friends were easier because I can communicate in my own time and think about what I want to say. My social media was my main way of socialising and without it I feel like I’ve lost my friends.”

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/06/ive-lost-my-friends-advocacy-groups-warn-australias-social-media-ban-risks-isolating-kids-with-disabilities

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  1. Mark

    I find this article more interesting because one of the kids is unwittingly saying how the ban has resulted in her and her friends potentially being radicalised by the potential political conversations there now having https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/05/teens-experience-australia-social-media-ban

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