Can the Under-16 Social Media Ban Survive the High Court? A special episode in partnership with the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Melbourne Law School and host Jon Faine bring you Justice: a podcast about the law behind the news. This special episode was produced in partnership with the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.

Not even a year after Australia made world-first history by effectively banning children under 16 from using social media, the new law faces a High Court challenge. At the same time, Meta settles a staggering $254AUD billion law suit in America after a number of US states alleged that the design of the social media giant’s platforms were harming young people.

What next for social media? Will the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 survive a legal challenge? On a University of Melbourne podcast hosted by Vice-Chancellor's Fellow Jon Faine, two experts weigh in: Professor Adrienne Stone, Director of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at Melbourne Law School, and Professor of Political Communication Andrea Carson, who is the Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism.

Further reading: on the social media playbook: A different playbook for the same outcome? Examining Google’s and Meta’s strategic responses to Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code: https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241232296

Justice is a podcast of Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which we record, publish, work, learn and live.