Australia has been in the news for the most tragic of reasons this weekend, when a father and son opened fire on Jewish people attending a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach. Fifteen people were killed, including a ten-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor. The attack is regrettably part of a worldwide rise in assaults on Jewish people. In recent years Jews have been indiscriminately targeted, indicative of an antisemitism which has always been there.
The country was also in the headlines last week, this time for a wholly good reason. Australia has enacted the world’s first social media ban for under-16s. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Reddit, Twitch, and something called “Kick” are all now banned for the age group. For budding entrepreneurs, LinkedIn has been spared.
