Q+A: How a breakfast radio host helped changed our social media laws
Published December 09, 2025
Australia has just raised the social media age from 13 to 16 — a world-first move watched closely around the globe.
And much of it happened because of a campaign organised by Sydney's Nova FM radio host Michael “Wippa” Wipfli. Wippa joins Sean to explain how the 36 Months campaign helped change the law, why parents are backing it, how algorithms have become “insecurity amplifiers” for teens, and why he expects legal challenges to the ban will fail.
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