Listen to Social media access for under 16s like Maggie Perry45:4728 November 2024

Speaking in the final hours before the social media ban legislation was passed through the Senate on Thursday night, Spin Cycle co-hosts Natalie Feliks, Jess Lilley, Rachel Withers and Charlie Lewis speak to 15-year-old 6 News journalist Maggie Perry about what the social media ban would mean for her and other LGBTQIA+ young people, rural and otherwise-isolated or marginilised kids.

The team also discuss Nour Haydar’s recent lecture at Melbourne University, and a bit more in detail about Charlie’s political reporting adventures in the US.

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We live in a media saturated world. The news cycle travels at lightning speed and is impossible to ignore. Spin Cycle aims to make sense of the 24/7 updates and hot takes we are bombarded with from media outlets, politicians and pundits all trying to own the narrative.