Inside the Growing Push to Ban Social Media for Kids

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  Hey What's News listeners, it's Sunday, December 7th.

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  I'm Caitlin McCabe for The Wall Street Journal and this is What's New Sunday,

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  the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world.

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  On the show this week, we're talking about teens and social media,

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  which in some parts of the world is facing a new frontier.

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  This week,

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  Australia will officially ban children under the age of 16 from using a range of social media platforms,

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  including Facebook, TikTok and YouTube,

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  as part of a government effort to protect Australians' mental health and well-being.

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  We know that social media can be a weapon for bullies, a platform for peer pressure,

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  a driver of anxiety, a vehicle for scammers, and worst of all, a tool for online predators.

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  And because it is young Australians who are most engaged with this technology,

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  it is young Australians who are most at risk.

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