Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 has been in place for around 5 months now. New studies are out giving us a clearer picture of how it’s going, so in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ve got Squiz Kids chief Bryce Corbett with us to talk about whether it’s working, what the reaction has been, and what’s next...
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Watching: This episode of Spotlight dives into where the social media ban is up to and what’s next…
Listening: The Big Threat podcast series - based on Bryce’s Churchill Fellowship travels looks at how other countries are tackling the problem of mis and dis-information
Newshounds: The free classroom resource by Squiz Kids which teaches kids to be critical consumers of media and to STOP, THINK and CHECK before believing what they see online
Hosted by Andrew Williams and Byrce Corbett.
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