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Concerns social media ban will isolate kids, remove safe spaces

Concerns social media ban will isolate kids, remove safe spaces

Update: 2025-10-13
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Less than two months out from Australia's social media ban for children under the age of 16, questions remain on how it will be implemented - and how much safer it will make the online environment.

A Senate committee examining the ban has been hearing from tech giants including Google and Microsoft - but representatives from Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok were absent.

  • Guest: Lucy Thomas, Project Rockit CEO and co-founder
  • Producer: Jason Whittaker
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Concerns social media ban will isolate kids, remove safe spaces

Concerns social media ban will isolate kids, remove safe spaces

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