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How social media can impact a child’s mental health, as Australia enacts ban

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How social media can impact a child’s mental health, as Australia enacts ban

Australia is pulling the plug on its teens’ social media habits. The country enacted the world’s first ban on social media for children under 16 this week, threatening tech giants with multi-million-dollar fines if they fail to take “reasonable steps” to kick underage users off their platforms. Officials say the crackdown targets the site’s “design … Read more

Hawaii enacts ‘green fee’ on tourists to raise $100M annually for climate, ecology protection

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Hawaii enacts ‘green fee’ on tourists to raise 0M annually for climate, ecology protection

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, has signed into law a “Green Fee” bill that will raise tourist taxes to help fund “climate-change” mitigation. Senate Bill 1396 raises the tourist tax on Hawaii hotels to 11% starting Jan. 1 — which would then increase to 12% the following year, according to the text of the … Read more