00:00Logging off and switching on.
00:04You can't replicate talking to one another.
00:07The Premier joining the Federal Communications Minister
00:10to speak directly to students one week out
00:12from the start of the under-16s social media ban.
00:16Families were losing their sons and daughters
00:18to snap streaks and to doom scrolling.
00:21From December 10, platforms including Instagram,
00:24Snapchat, TikTok and Facebook
00:25must bar children from holding accounts
00:27or face fines of up to more than $49 million,
00:31leaving some young social media users
00:33now days away from being cut off.
00:36Saturday and Sunday I might have plans,
00:39but if I don't, just social media.
00:41I think it's good to have that detox
00:42because I want to focus on other things like studies and sport.
00:46I don't think it'll change much
00:48because people will fake their age to get into social media.
00:53It hasn't been all smooth sailing
00:55in the lead-up to the enactment of the ban.
00:57Two teenagers, backed by an advocacy group,
01:01are challenging it in the High Court,
01:03arguing the laws restrict their implied right
01:05to freedom of political communication.
01:08The SA government says it'll ask permission
01:10to be involved in the case to argue in favour of the laws.
01:14The Minister has also vowed to stay alert
01:16to the rise of social media platforms
01:18that aren't among the ten currently covered by the ban.
01:21We will look at whether the harm has transferred there
01:23and whether we need to add them to the list.
01:25Forging a path as Australia embarks on a world first.
01:28The SA-1
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01:34The SA-1
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