# Six months in, is the social media ban failing?

An episode of [ABC News Daily](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1349523628), 16 Jun 2026, 17 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/lj/Z/5n.mp3

Australia led the way, now the UK government has announced its own ban on social media for under 16s. But six months since the restrictions came into force here, are they really working, given most young teenagers who were using social media still are? Today, Amanda Third, co-director of the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University on what we need to do to help our children be safe online. Featured: Professor Amanda Third, co-director of the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University, an academic advisor to the eSafety Commissioner and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University

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