Social Media Ban: Everything to Know Before Deactivation Day
On this week’s podcast: How Australia will ban under-16s from social media
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From next week, Australia’s under-16s will be prevented from accessing platforms including TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook, as the Labor government pushes to curb harms caused by social media. In our latest podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg’s Angus Whitley to unpack the origins of the ban, what both parents and children can expect when it comes into force on Dec. 10 – and what the controversial move means for Big Tech.