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EPISODE · Jul 30, 2025 · 19 MIN

The Social Media Crackdown Expands & Do We Really Need All These Sequels?

from The Quicky · host Mamamia Podcasts

YouTube has become the latest platform added to the list of banned social media for under 16s in Australia's world-first move. Plus, from Bend It Like Beckham to The Devil Wears Prada sequel, Hollywood can't seem to stop with the reboots and sequels; so is this creative bankruptcy or just smart business? And in headlines today A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka coast has triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of the most active volcano on the peninsula; The property at the centre of a deadly mushroom lunch has been restrained by the court after Erin Patterson was found guilty of triple murder; Two people have been seriously injured after a minibus transporting guests to a wedding in the NSW Hunter Valley veered off a highway and rolled down a 50m embankment; Thousands of heavy metal fans have lined the streets of Birmingham for the funeral procession of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who died earlier this month at the age of 76. LISTEN: Hollywood Reboots We'd Watch In A Heartbeat & Ones That Would Ruin Everything LISTEN: Answering The Question Adolescence Asks And in headlines today THE END BITSSupport independent women's media Check out The Quicky Instagram here Listen to Morning Tea celebrity headlines here GET IN TOUCHShare your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice note or email us at [email protected] CREDITS Hosts: Taylah Strano & Claire Murphy Guest: Tina Burke, Mamamia Entertainment Editor  Audio Producer: Lu Hill Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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