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He urges Sir Keir to "rather urgently" consider a smartphone ban in schools and a "digital age of consent", similar to Australia, which has passed a law banning children under 16 from using social media.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

New York judge William Thompson Howell wrote 500 pages that spanned provisions on dueling, accidental homicides by ax and age of consent that would govern the newly formed territory of fewer than 7,000 people.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024

Norman Woods of South Dakota Family Voice Action said it doesn’t make sense to raise the age for marriage if the age of consent in South Dakota remains at 16.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

During a highly charged parliamentary debate on Tuesday, MP Lucy Akello questioned whether the age of consent was being lowered from the current 18 years to 15 years, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2023

The age of consent is eighteen years in all of the states in which women have had the ballot, although in only eight of the others is it so high.

From A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil by Addams, Jane




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