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The social media ban for kids: Australia’s world-first experiment – podcast

Digital media | The Guardian · Presented by Annie Kelly with Josh Taylor; produced by Ruth Abrahams and Brian McNamara; executive producer Sami Kent · last updated

Today in Focus talks to three teenagers, and technology reporter Josh Taylor, about Australia’s world-first legislation: a social media ban for under-16s

Millions of Australian under-16s will be cut off from social media on Wednesday.

As our technology reporter Josh Taylor explains, it comes after months of campaigning across the country, and on a swell of popular support, with parents and politicians worried about the harmful impact of social media on children.

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