No-one knows how the teen social media ban will work

In just four months, social media platforms will be forced to ban kids aged 16 and under. How will that work? No-one actually knows.

Crikey associate editor and tech journalist Cam Wilson has been closely following the progress of the teen social media ban – from the push for a ban by commercial radio host Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli, to the rushed legislation, aggressive lobbying by the tech giants, and, now, a trial of age-verification technology that’s not quite going to plan. 

He joins Cut Through host Crystal Andrews to explain what the hell is going on, and what you can expect when the results from the tech trial are made public.

Read more:

• How Australia’s teen social media ban tech trial was derailed by expert turmoil and secrecy
• ‘No fucking sense’: The secret deal which removed a ‘crucial’ part of the teen social media ban
• See the leaked teen social media ban tech trial report that has experts worried
• For parents, the teen social media ban doesn’t have to be perfect to be worthwhile
• The Wiggles’ teen social media ban lobbying exposes an uncomfortable truth about young kids and tech
• How Crikey will report on the teen social media ban (and how we got here in the first place)

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