# If banning social media for teens under 16 won't work, what else will?

An episode of [Deep Dive](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1491441787), 16 Jan 2025, 26 min.

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Australia passed a law last year banning children under 16 from accessing social media, a move seen as challenging to implement. Singapore is also considering ways to protect children from harms of excessive use on social media platforms. But how realistic is this? Steven Chia and Crispina Robert speak to Nikki Yeo, a Gen Z and CNA TODAY journalist, and Alvin Seng, an addictions counsellor at We Care. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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