Australia Social Media Ban Takes Effect For Teens Under 16

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Children in Australia are waking up now blocked from their social media accounts after the country passed a world first social media ban for kids under 16-years-old. Could this be the first domino in a global trend? Plus, President Trump is minutes away from a major speech on the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm going to preemptively give today's show an A plus plus plus plus plus the lead starts
0:08.7	right now.
0:11.1	Telling kids to log off.
0:13.7	Children in Australia are waking up now blocked from their social media accounts after
0:18.5	the country passed a world first ban of social media for kids under 16.
0:23.6	Could this be the first domino in a global print?
0:27.6	Plus, addressing affordability.
0:30.6	President Trump is just minutes away from a major speech on the economy in Pennsylvania.
0:35.6	And in a new interview, the president is giving his economy top marks, grading it an A plus, plus,
0:41.3	plus, plus, plus.
0:42.3	At the same time, he happens to be hitting new lows for public approval of his handling of the
0:47.3	economy.
0:48.3	36 percent, that's a, that's an F, right?
0:51.3	And one day after jumping into the race for U.S. Senate, Democratic Congresswoman
0:56.2	Jasmine Crockett will be here on the lead. So what is her plan to win statewide in Ruby
1:03.0	Red, Texas without appealing to a huge chunk of Trump voters.
1:16.6	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and our tech lead. Millions of children in Australia are waking up this morning logged off their social
1:21.6	media accounts. Will other nations follow suit? The world's first ever youth social media band has taken
1:29.4	effect today in Australia, blocking teens under the age of 16 from the following
1:33.2	sites. Instagram, Facebook, threads, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Kik, Reddit, Twitch,
1:43.7	and X.
1:45.0	Most of these companies say they're going to comply with the band,
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