The coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban – podcast

The first major legal challenge against Australia’s under-16s social media ban is set to heard in the high court on Tuesday – 11 months on from the policy taking effect. As similar bans are adopted across the world, the challenges – from online giant Reddit and the Digital Freedom Project - will argue that the ban prevents young people from political communication. Technology reporter Josh Taylor speaks to host Reged Ahmad about whether this is the beginning of the end for Labor’s world-leading social media ban: Anika Wells named on Time100 list as one of ‘world’s most influential rising stars’ after social media ban Australian government concedes no scientific consensus on social media harms for teenagers – but ‘credible risks’ justify ban