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Is Australia's social media ban *actually* working?
29 minutes Posted Mar 27, 2026 at 6:30 am.
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Australia banned under-16s from social media at the start of summer, and the world has been watching.
Today, we're doing a full audit. What the ban is doing, what it isn't, and whether we even built it on the right foundations.
GUESTS:
Josh Taylor -- technology reporter for The Guardian.
Jocelyn Brewer -- psychologist and founder of Digital Nutrition.
With a special appearance from John Livingstone, Head of Digital Policy at UNICEF Australia. You can hear Rae's full interview with him when it's released next Wednesday (25/03/2026).
Rae also mentioned If Books Could Kill's analysis of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt.
This episode was produced on the lands of the Burramattagal people.