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Rebecca Houlihan, PhD Candidate in History, Monash University

A technical fix to keep kids safe online? Here’s what happened last time Australia tried to make a ‘clean’ internet

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For anyone who has been online in Australia longer than a decade or so, the discussion around current proposals to set a minimum age for social media use might trigger a touch of déjà vu.

Between 2007 and 2012, the Rudd–Gillard government’s efforts to implement a “Clean Feed” internet filter sparked very similar debates.

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