Banning Teens From Social Media Pushes Them Into Darker Corners Online - David Inserra

We weigh the push for an under-16 social media ban against what it would take to enforce it and what it would cost in privacy, anonymity, and open debate. We use Australia and the UK as cautionary examples and argue that empowering parents and teaching digital literacy beats outsourcing speech rules to the state. • Australia’s ban in practice, including high rates of circumvention and account shutdowns • unintended shift of young people towards riskier platforms and unfiltered browsing • why ...

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This episode is 60:54 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2026.

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