Today, we discuss Australia's plans to ban social media for children under the age of 16, and dissect John Oliver's clip from Last Week Tonight all about the TikTok ban in the United States, which is supposed to go into effect January 19th.

Show Notes:

Australia bans social media for under 16s (The Verge)

TikTok Struggles to Protect U.S. Data From Its China Parent (WSJ) (Bypass Paywall)

Requests:

1.  Can you share audio about your social strategies around the holiday time? 

2. Can you send audio to one (or all!) of the following questions:

"what's your favorite Instagram feature in 2024?" 

"what was your favorite TikTok/ Reel trend from 2024?” 

"What are your predictions for social in 2025?”

Your audio  should be something like "Hi, I'm Daniel from New Jersey, I've been listening to the Instagram Stories for (X time), and my favorite Instagram feature to use in 2024 was...."

Thank you in advance!!!