Social Media
Under-16s social media ban now law
Yes, can you believe it? And didn’t that roll around fast.
Australia’s world-first initiative is making headlines around the globe:
Meanwhile, back home, The Sydney Morning Herald is running a live blog on the history-making event.
’36 Months’ faces fresh questions over teen social media ban push
Crikey’s Cam Wilson has done some digging and found that 36 Months, the advocacy group fronted by Nova’s Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli, has some explaining to do surrounding the sponsors and commercial plans sitting behind its campaign.
While ’36 Months’ accused tech giants of bankrolling critics, it was quietly securing sponsors, eyeing global expansion and exploring an AI product.
Media
Meta puts Australia on hold as global media deals surge
Capital Brief’s John Buckley reports that Meta is rolling out new AI partnerships with US and European heavyweights like CNN and Fox News, but Australian publishers say they cannot get the company to the table.
Local overtures have reportedly been turned down since Meta scrapped about $70 million in annual agreements.
Companies
CNN caught in political crossfire as WBD sale unfolds
According to Daniel Thomas, Anna Nicolaou and James Fontanella-Khan in The Australian Financial Review, CNN staff were relieved when Netflix beat David Ellison’s Paramount bid for Warner Bros Discovery, dodging fears the network could become a political chip after Ellison reportedly courted Donald Trump.
For many at CNN, that outcome beats joining Paramount and CBS News under Bari Weiss, whose stance on so-called woke culture had sparked fresh concern about editorial direction.