2025-12-10
14 分钟Good morning.
It's Wednesday, December 10th.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, the internal divisions gripping the Fed as it decides whether to cut rates today.
Why ProPublica claims some of Trump's own mortgages fit his definition of fraud.
And after four centuries, one country winds down its letter deliveries for good.
But first, Australia launched its social media ban for teens today.
No country has ever attempted this before,
and there's still a lot of question marks over whether it can really be enforced.
Accounts for more than one million children under the age of 16 will be deactivated across the digital ecosystem.
That means on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Snapchat, and others.
The ban has stoked conversations weighing government overreach against individual freedoms.
Generally, in Australia, there's a lot of support for the ban outside of the younger age groups,
with nearly 70% of people backing it in one poll.
Many parents have hardened their views on tech platforms in recent years
as they watch their kids spend more and more of their time doom-scrolling.
And a growing number of fear that socializing primarily online is causing real harm.
Emma Mason's daughter, Tilly, died by suicide when she was 15 after being bullied on social media.
She told the BBC she backed the ban.