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EPISODE · Aug 24, 2026 · 6 MIN

Erica Stanford: Education Minister on National's proposed bill to ban under-16s from social media

from The Mike Hosking Breakfast · host Newstalk ZB

The Education Minister's confident she'll get the support needed for a social media ban.  National's introduced a Bill which would legally require platforms like Instagram and TikTok to bar under-16s from making accounts.   The bill puts the pressure on social media companies to comply, establishing an online safety regulator and setting up a penalty regime.  ACT and New Zealand First don't support it, and Labour's yet to decide. Education Minister Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking she's worked hard to give Labour everything it needs to come to a view on it.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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