Australia’s plan to ban teenagers from social media has been called “world‑leading”.

The law, which comes into effect December 10, threatens platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Facebook with fines of up to $50 million if they let under-16s open or keep accounts.

But as implementation draws closer, questions remain about how the ban will be enforced, what it means for online privacy, and whether it will reshape the way everyone uses the internet.

Today, digital‑rights advocate Samantha Floreani on the risks of the ban amid a global regulatory arms race.

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Guest: Digital‑rights advocate, Samantha Floreani.

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As companies across the world pursue generative AI technology, new forms of manipulation become possible.

At the forefront of this are neurotechnologies, which directly connect to your brain and collect your brain data, and persuasive technologies, which can use that data to influence how you feel.

In countries like China where the tech industry is controlled by the government, the use of these technologies for disinformation and social control has already taken hold.

Today - senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies Daria Impiomabato on the rise of persuasive technologies, and the ways we could be exploited without even knowing.

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Guest: Senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies Daria Impiomabato

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When Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff struck a deal with the AFL to build a brand new stadium in Hobart's historic center, it was a decision made without cabinet, treasury or parliamentary backing.

It's that stadium that's kicked off a messy fight over who will lead Tasmania.

It’s now been over a week since the election that delivered a hung parliament and neither the Liberal leader or Labor leader have managed to form government.

Today, award-winning author Richard Flanagan, on the political crisis in his home state of Tasmania – and why it's a warning for the rest of the country.

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Guest: Award-winning author Richard Flanagan

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