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Hi, I'm Saril Khalili, and you're listening to another take, where we bring you episodes from the archives.

The United Nations is calling for urgent action to protect children online.

It says governments and tech companies need to do more to make digital platforms safer

as concerns grow over the impact of social media on children's safety, privacy, and well-being.

Back in 2024, we produced an episode about Australia's plan

to introduce what was then the world's strictest social media ban for children. This episode

first aired on November 18, 2024. All dates and references are from that time.

Today, Australia steps in as the ultimate digital parent.

Social media is doing social harm to our young Australians, and I am calling time on it.

A new bill banning kids from social media is meant to help parents who are worried about their

kids. So why do some experts say it could do more harm than good?

I'm Natasha Del Toro, and this is the take.

The idea that somehow we're going to ask young people to come off

and then maybe go back on later

seems a very, very difficult sell to young people.

When I imagine any attempt will actually be really disenfranchising for young people

and make them feel not protected but patronised.

My name's Tamaleva.

I'm a professor of internet studies here at Curtin University in Perth,

Western Australia. And I'm also a chief investigator in the ARC Center of Excellence for the Digital Child.

Thank you so much for coming on the take. I know it is very late in Australia where you are.

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