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Abe Maddison

REVEALED: Protect children from online hellholes spy chief urges | Vintage Vibes

The federal government plans to legislate a national minimum age for social media. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Social media is the world's most potent accelerator of extremism and adults must help protect children from online hellholes, the chief of Australia's top security agency says.

Addressing the Social Media Summit convened by the SA and NSW governments in Adelaide on Friday, ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said social media was both a gold mine and a cesspit that creates communities and divides them.

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