11 Nov 2024

A teenage social media star on Australia's plan to ban social media for under-16s

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 11 November 2024

Last week the Australian government announced it would be banning under-16s from social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Instagram.

While there has been both support and opposition to the idea from adults, there hasn't been a lot of coverage of what young people think about it.

Leo Puglisi started his online news channel 6 News at the age of 11, and now has an online audience in the tens of thousands, interviewing juggernauts like Australian prime ministers Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.

Emile Donovan speaks to the now-16-year-old Puglisi about the incoming ban.

A feed from 6 News Australia's news programme, showing a live interview: a video feed of Leo on the left, with Fatima on the right, Zooming in from her desk.

Leonardo Puglisi, now 16, was 11-years old when he founded 6 News Australia. Photo: 6 News Australia