00:00Yeah, so our followers on social media have been pretty steady, pretty steadily rising
00:26across all age groups, which I'm happy with. And we haven't really noticed much of a decline.
00:31I know there's been some other accounts that I've seen that have reported that they had
00:35a sudden drop off of 1,000, 1,300, 1,500, whatever overnight. But I think the fact that there
00:42isn't major drop offs elsewhere probably does reflect the fact that many young people
00:47who are supposedly going to be caught up in this ban are able to get around it, which
00:51has been one of the big problems with it.
00:56Yeah, so my younger brother is in the age group affected by this ban. First thing he
01:18told me on Wednesday morning was he's still on it. And he didn't attempt to bypass it either.
01:23He was just absolutely just, he was just still able to go on it. There was no check. And
01:29he reported to me that it was the same with a lot of his mates. And as of right now, he
01:34is still able to go on it. We've seen that across social media as well. The Prime Minister
01:39wrote his video where he was talking about why this is being implemented. And all the
01:44replies are saying, you know, we're still here. And there's these 15 year olds and these 14
01:47year olds all commenting. So that doesn't surprise me entirely. I guess it has been kind of suspected.
01:54And, you know, we'll wait and see. But I'm sure I will. I will hear about it from my little
01:58brother if he does eventually get kicked off.
02:00Yeah, well, I mean, on face value, I support that messaging, touch grass, you know, go out,
02:15play sports, watch sports, hang out with your friends in real life. I support all that. I do
02:20all that. I don't get why it needs to be a one or the other situation. You know, again,
02:26we're talking about 15 year olds who have part time jobs, who are expected to happen a lot more
02:31truly. We're not saying five year olds here. I don't want a five year old having an Instagram
02:35account or whatever. And so, like, again, all of those messaging, it's fine on face value. And it
02:41is, again, something that I support and should be done. Absolutely. But I don't think it should
02:46be a one or the other situation, especially when we know social media is such a huge part of
02:49not just the entertainment value, but the work value, the socialising. It's a part of daily
02:54lives. We kind of have to accept that. And it should be making sure that these platforms are
02:59safer for young people instead of just saying, well, they're not on it anymore. They won't be
03:03able to see any of this harmful content because we know that's just not true.
03:05We're lucky in terms of our team is that the debate has gone on long enough that anyone in
03:25our team who was under 16 is now 16 or older, which is helpful. But again, notwithstanding the fact that
03:32many of the teams in this age group will still be on there and we'll still be following it,
03:36you know, we'll be doing what we know and we'll be covering this and we'll be really
03:39focusing on it because it's so critical to make sure we don't kind of, and obviously it's going
03:44to be in the headlines now and for the next week, maybe, and it has been overseas, but it isn't,
03:48you know, completely forgotten over the December, January news cycle when,
03:52for we know, there could be major issues with it. And obviously, you know, I don't want to see any
03:56hacks, but, you know, there's risks with privacy. Obviously, the implementation of it
04:01continues to be developed and we want to stay on that. So that's what we'll be continuing to cover,
04:06but we'll really, in terms of our style and, you know, everything else, we'll be sticking with what
04:10we know.
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