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Government officials from Utah and Australia shared a global commitment to protect kids from digital danger.

Recent Utah trade mission to Australia prompted unexpected collaboration on protecting youth from social media risks.

Several Utah officials — including Gov. Spencer Cox — support "bell-to-bell" cell phone restrictions in K-12 schools.

SYDNEY, Australia — At first glance, a team of visiting Utah lawmakers and their Australian hosts would not appear to share much in common.

They have different forms of government — one, a republic; the other, a constitutional monarchy. Different continents. Different hemispheres. And vastly different time zones.

But the two geographically distant groups discovered they share a global concern: They are fiercely concerned about kids an

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