
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Last year, Australia passed a measure that would ban children under 16 from using social media. That’ll be a big shift: About 80% of Australian kids between the ages of 8 and 12 used social media in 2024, according to a report from Australia’s online safety regulator. The government is now working on the details of how to implement what many are calling one of the strictest age restriction policies in the world. The BBC’s Naomi Rainey reports on the difficulties of enforcing the ban and the impact it could have on kids in the future.
4.5
12271,227 ratings
Last year, Australia passed a measure that would ban children under 16 from using social media. That’ll be a big shift: About 80% of Australian kids between the ages of 8 and 12 used social media in 2024, according to a report from Australia’s online safety regulator. The government is now working on the details of how to implement what many are calling one of the strictest age restriction policies in the world. The BBC’s Naomi Rainey reports on the difficulties of enforcing the ban and the impact it could have on kids in the future.
1,634 Listeners
864 Listeners
1,745 Listeners
8,546 Listeners
30,851 Listeners
1,346 Listeners
32,243 Listeners
2,171 Listeners
5,483 Listeners
1,429 Listeners
9,534 Listeners
3,516 Listeners
6,218 Listeners
163 Listeners
2,570 Listeners
1,301 Listeners
87 Listeners
210 Listeners