As Australia pushes ahead with an outright ban on social media for under-16s and the likes of Europe and the UK beef up their regulators, a new unknown has been added to the mix: the election of US President Donald Trump. Trump’s pursuit of an America First policy appears to put the country’s thriving tech sector at the forefront of its growth plans. This much was evidenced by an inauguration in Washington that was stacked with the industry’s biggest names, ranging from X owner Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos through to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar…

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