From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,
our broadcast about the news headlines.
In this programme, social media banned for kids in Australia.
Hello, I'm Georgie.
And I'm Phil.
In this programme,
we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
So Phil, let's hear more about this story.
Children under the age of 16 in Australia are no longer allowed to have social media accounts by law.
Some of the platforms included in the ban are TikTok,
X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads.
The Australian government says the ban will reduce the negative impact of features that encourage children to spend time on screens,
potentially being exposed to harmful content.
But critics of the ban say that children will not get the social contact they need and might be tempted to search in darker parts of the internet.
Let's have our first headline.
This one is from The Observer, a newspaper in the UK.
Australia's social media ban comes into force.
And that headline again from the Observer, a British newspaper,
Australia's social media ban comes into force.