Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban

The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. 👉 Help us keep Governments honest: 🔹 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/TheJuiceMedia 🔹 Buy a t-shirt: https://shop.thejuicemedia.com 🔹 Other ways: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/support 👉 KEY SOURCES: 🔹 Open letter to the Australian Government from over 140 experts: https://au.reset.tech/uploads/ACRT-Open-letter-re-social-media-bans.pdf 🔹Human Rights concerns: https://humanrights.gov.au/about-us/news/proposed-social-media-ban-under-16s-australia 🔹Digital rights concerns: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2024/11/22/submission-online-safety-amendment-social-media-minimum-age-bill-2024/ 🔹Indigenous concerns: https://www.gayaadhuwi.org.au/media-releases/social-media-ban 🔹Mental Health concerns: https://d1robvhmkdqpun.cloudfront.net/2f587f4fc0f4aeeb81008d32208ec968.pdf 🔹Privacy risks: https://efa.org.au/major-privacy-threat-efa-condemns-governments-social-media-age-ban/ 🔹Human Rights Law Centre: https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/social-media-ban/ 🔹Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/11/australia-must-effectively-reglate-social-media-than-ban-children/ 🔹The harms of gambling ads: https://www.agr.org.au/endgamblingads 🔹Duty of care bill for climate: https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/anjali-sharma-vows-to-keep-fighting-as-labor-led-senate-committee-rejects-duty-of-care-bill/ 🔹 73% of young people using social media for mental health support: https://about.au.reachout.com/our-research/social-media-report 🔹 Age checks for search engines coming on Dec 27: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256 🔹 eSafety Commissioner website: https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/industry-regulation/social-media-age-restrictions-hub 🔹 Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7284 👉 FURTHER READING: 🔹 Digital Rights Watch: What you need to know about the Social Media Ban https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2025/12/03/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-social-media-ban/ 🔹 Cam Wilson wrote some great articles on Crikey: "‘There will be deaths’: Youth workers are dreading the teen social media ban" https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/17/youth-workers-dreading-teen-social-media-ban/?utm_campaign=weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter 🔹 More by Cam Wilson: "Five ways to fix social media for teens without a ban" https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/10/fix-social-media-teens-without-ban 🔹 For a nuanced take on the topic, check out this Tech Policy podcast series: https://techpolicy.au/podcast 👉 CREDITS 🔹 Produced by Patrons of The Juice Media 🔹 Written by Giordano for The Juice Media 🔹 Performed by Zoë Amanda Wilson: https://www.instagram.com/zoeamandawilson 🔹 Voice by Lucy 🔹 Thanks to Tom Sulston and Lizzie O'Shea at Digital Rights Watch for research assistance: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au 🔹 And thanks to Dbot, Chris, Adso, Paul and David Mejia-Canales for input 🔹 Music by AurusAudio: https://audiojungle.net/item/uplifting-and-inspiring-corporate/15357044 🔹 Outro beat by Mozart x Eric Parsons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6JBBuNy8Oo