There’s been much chatter about Australia’s plan to ban social media for under 16-year-olds, but the debate has been given perhaps its most necessary voice in the form of...
. The reality star and — who owes much of her success to platforms like TikTok, where she spawns viral hip-gyrating videos — spoke of the government’s proposed ban ahead of the on Wednesday. When asked about the ban — which, if passed, would mark a world-first for social media legislation — Siwa said she was “curious” about how it would play out.
“I think this is a really interesting model that we are going to be able to look at,” she told Confidential (per ). Siwa said the success of the bill should be judged on whether banning social media would actually make “people happy”. “I am just curious.
I think that if it is making most people happy, that it is a beautiful thing.” If anyone knows the pitfalls of social media, it’s the person who , and Siwa acknowledged as much while discussing Australia’s social media ban. “I am on it all day long,” Siwa said of platforms like TikTok and Instagram, which are among those targeted by the ban.
“It is my job, it is my career.” The pop star said that while at times social media is “brutal” and “ruthless” ( ), she still thinks “there’s a flipside” where “everything is celebrated and loved”. “What is hard is believing that when everybody says so many other things,” Siwa added.
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