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Going Down Under to See if Banning Social Media for Kids Works

Joanne Orlando, Digital Wellbeing Expert & Author

11-Dec-25 08:30

Going Down Under to See if Banning Social Media for Kids Works

Australia has made history by introducing the world’s first ban on selected social media use for children under 16.

Dr. Joanne Orlando, Digital Wellbeing Expert and Author of Generation Connected: How to Parent in a Digital World - At Every Age and Stage tells us the mechanics of the law, if it will prevent harms and if there are alternative models to consider to protect children under 16.

Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See


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Categories:  government,  international,  Law/Activism,  education,  controversies

Tags:  underage social media,  underage Australia,  australia social media ban,  australia,  social media ban, 


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