Australia Bans Under-16s From Social Media in World First

WSJ What’s News

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Dec. 10. In a move being watched by governments around the world, Australia implements a landmark law banning children under 16 years old from popular social-media platforms. Listen to our Sunday episode on the growing push to ban social media for kids. Plus, with the Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates today, WSJ deputy finance editor Quentin Webb breaks down the growing divide among policymakers about the road ahead. And Miami swings Democratic for the first time in decades, the latest in a recent string of party victories. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.7	We'll look at the divide among policymakers on the wisdom of interest rate cuts. Plus,
0:39.2	Australia bans teens from social media in a world first. Today we change a generation. Today we change
0:48.3	a culture. Today we change lives for the better. And Miami swings Democratic for the first time in decades.
0:58.0	It's Wednesday, December 10th.
0:59.9	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.
1:02.0	And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving
1:07.2	your world today.
1:18.6	We begin in Australia where a landmark social media ban for children under the age of 16 is now in effect, with governments around the world keeping a close eye on how it'll work and practice.
1:22.6	Politicians, parents, and mental health experts have been calling for the bans,
1:26.6	as more studies have shown that social media can worsen feelings of anxiety and depression.
1:31.7	Here was Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
1:34.1	speaking alongside communications minister Anna Gawelz in Sydney.
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