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Meet the experts tracking Australia's teen social media ban for intended (and unintended) consequences

The eSafety Commissioner has announced an interesting list of people who will be evaluating Australia’s social media minimum age policy.

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Cam Wilson
September 24, 2025

These experts will decide if the teen social media ban is a success or not

The eSafety Commissioner has announced a list of Australian and global academics who will work alongside Stanford University's Social Media Lab to evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of Australia's social media minimum age policy.

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/25/teen-social-media-ban-experts-esafety-commissioner

I wrote about the team of academics that Australia's eSafety commissioner has brought in to figure out if the teen social media ban is actually working. They'll be studying the effects of the policy—both the good and the bad—on young people and their families to see what impact it's really having. There are some interesting picks.

— CW