Andrew Dickens: Good luck with the social media ban Australia

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Dec 9, 2025 · 2m · transcript

So today is the day the Australians lead the world with a social media ban for people under 16.

Good luck with that. The kids who still want to be online will get around it. Because, you know, kids and computers.

They can’t speak the Queen’s English, but they sure can speak computer.

They’ll VPN and forge and weasel their way through the same way we all got our hands on booze when we were underage.

And the kids who’ll actively skirt the law are either the ones who believe social media benefits their life in society, or they’re hoping one day that they’ll get some positive self-affirmation…