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NZ’s floated social media ban for under‑16s could unite two groups that rarely agree

A close-up of a person’s hand holding a smartphone. Faded, overlapping text about social media bans and online safety appears over the image, creating a layered, textured effect.
Image: The Spinoff

Normally, libertarians and social justice campaigners occupy different political worlds. Yet on social media bans they have arrived at similar concerns from very different starting points.