Cancer? really? Is this [1] astroturfing? Seems like most of the astroturfing is coming directly from Newscorp. I wonder why so many seemingly intelligent people have an irrational hatred of social media. Or why their talking points follow the Faux News playbook to a tee.

This kind of behavior is incredibly reactionary and rooted (if not directly in the financial interests of entrenched legacy media) in the belief that your local culture somehow superior to online culture.

The difference is you imagine kids going outside and playing chasey while Murdoch imagines getting them on scratchers and tv and running stories about increased kidnapping. If your position wasn't astroturfed it would come with bans on legacy media consumption too.

[1] https://adelaide.edu.au/about/news/2026/social-media--sweet-...