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Can you ban kids from social media? Australia is about to, but some teens are a step ahead

It took 13-year-old Isobel less than five minutes to outsmart Australia’s “world-leading” social media ban for children.

A notification from Snapchat, one of the ten platforms affected, had lit up her screen, warning she’d be booted off when the law kicked in this week – if she couldn’t prove she was over 16.

“I got a photo of my mum, and I stuck it in front of the camera and it just let me through. It said thanks for verifying your age,” Isobel claims. “I’ve heard someone used Beyoncé’s face,” she adds.

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Saint John tackles crime concerns with 2-year private security pilot

Saint John is launching a two-year security program to address resident and business concerns about crime and public safety.

The program — called the Community Safety and Security Team — will bring private security guards to what city staff say are the city’s most crime-affected areas like the uptown core, Waterloo village and around local shelters.

“This is really about deterrence and a presence in those key service areas,” said Amy Poffenroth, the city’s commissioner of Growth and Community Services, at a Tuesday morning announcement.

As I recall this has been done on a neighborhood scale in Toronto, albeit a wealthy neighborhood.

Not sure if any stats exist showing value for money.

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Crusading reverend puts up anti-ICE sign on church’s NATIVITY scene as MAGA congregation slams foul move

Nativity scene desecrated

A pastor who put up an anti-ICE Nativity scene at his Massachusetts parish has faced backlash from the agency’s director and the Archdiocese of Boston.

Reverend Stephen Josoma placed a sign that says ‘ICE WAS HERE’ over the empty manger of an otherwise classic Nativity scene on display outside the Saint Susanna Parish in the Boston suburb of Dedham.

Attached to the manger is another sign that says, ‘The Holy Family is safe in The Sanctuary of our Church,’ along with the phone number to call LUCE, a group that monitors immigration enforcement and offers support to immigrant communities in Massachusetts.

What a maroon!

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