Will a ban on social media save our children?

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Australia has now become the first country in the world to ban anyone under the age of 16 from using social media. Young people can now no longer set up new accounts on services including Tiktok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads, and all existing profiles must be deactivated,

But the youth of Australia aren't taking the ban lightly - with two teenagers heading to the country's High Court early next year to try to overturn the ban. 

The rest of the world - and the tech giants - are watching closely, with Denmark already announcing similar plans for the future. China has already taken steps with it’s own plans for a “cleaner net”.

To discuss the ban and where it might take us, on this edition of The Agenda Juliet Mann is joined by Australian Youth Engagement specialist Paris McNeil, Mikkel Flyvebom, Professor at Denmark's Copenhagen Business School and Dr Crystal Li Jiang, Director of Outreach and Engagement in the Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong.