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EPISODE · Dec 10, 2025 · 11 MIN

Australia’s social media ban comes into effect

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Millions of children and teenagers in Australia have begun losing access to their social media accounts after a world-first ban has come into effect, blocking online access for users under 16. Dr Danielle Einstein, the Sydney-based clinical psychologist who laid out the evidence for the ban in the Einstein Report and in her latest co-authored book Raising Anxiety spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.

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