How Effective is Australia’s Social Media Age Limit? w/ Cam Wilson

Paris Marx is joined by Cam Wilson to discuss the new social media age limit in Australia, including how successful the rollout has been so far and the missed opportunities of taking a more nuanced regulatory approach. Cam Wilson is an associate editor at Crikey and writes The Sizzle newsletter. He’s a co-author of Conspiracy Nation: Exposing the Dangerous World of Australian Conspiracy Theories. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon. The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Also mentioned in this episode: Cam wrote about his experience reporting on the social media age limit debate and the removal of the exemption framework. Paris wrote about his thoughts on social media age limits and the need for much more comprehensive regulations on social media. 64% of US teens are using chatbots daily. Submit questions to Paris for an upcoming mailbag episode at mailbag@techwontsave.us Patreon supporters can join the year-end livestream this Friday, Dec 19 at 6PM ET

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How Effective is Australia’s Social Media Age Limit? w/ Cam Wilson is an episode from Tech Won't Save Us by Paris Marx.

This episode is 59:23 long.

This episode was published on Dec 18, 2025.

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