Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

So today is the day the Australians lead the world with a social media ban for people under 16.  Good luck with that. The kids who still want to be online will get around it. Because, you know, kids and computers.  They can’t speak the Queen’s English, but they sure can speak computer.  They’ll VPN and forge and weasel their way through the same way we all got our hands on booze when we were underage.  And the kids who’ll actively skirt the law are either the ones who believe social media benefits their life in society, or they’re hoping one day that they’ll get some positive self-affirmation even though more often than not they’re bullied, and of course, the bullies themselves, because bullying is fun for them.  They’re not going to pay attention to some words in black and white written by some old parliamentarians in a grand hall wearing their fancy clothes. And the kids aren’t going to be thankful. You’ve taken away their town hall, their community centre, their pub.   They’re