12-10-25 Hour 3 - Australia cuts off Social Media for Teens

The Chris Plante Show

WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington

News, Government, Politics

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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0:00.0	Well, switching gears, Australia just launched the world's first social media ban for everyone under 16 years old, which includes TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
0:13.5	That's, yeah.
0:17.7	It's a big deal. Who knew there was someone under 16 using Facebook?
0:21.6	You know, it's...
0:22.6	All right, that little joke about the nation of Australia, it's the only country that's also a continent.
0:31.4	Did you know that?
0:31.9	It's the only country that's also a continent.
0:35.3	Yeah.
0:36.6	Antarctica's a continent all by itself, but there's not a country, so that doesn't count.
0:42.3	But what have they done in Australia?
0:45.9	They might be blazing a trail for the rest of the world to follow.
0:51.0	What are they doing?
0:52.0	Are they having an Iran-Egypt soccer game during Pride Month?
0:56.4	Is that their plan?
0:57.7	No, that's not it.
0:58.7	It's something else.
1:00.1	Something else altogether.
1:03.5	What they're doing is they are kicking teens off of social media apps.
1:12.1	It's the law.
1:15.2	A global policy test begins.
1:19.9	Sure.
1:23.1	That's the headline at CNBC.
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