# Australia's social media ban with neuroscientist Dr Lila Landowski

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** Dr Lila Landowski
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3LsZPEpcOk
- **Дата:** 30.03.2026
- **Длительность:** 1:57
- **Просмотры:** 840
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/50437

## Описание

I got to meet with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister Anika Wells MP, alongside Flossie Brodribb and mum Romany Brodribb to discuss Australia’s  forthcoming under-16s social media ban.

This followed Flossie’s school project on how social media can affect the developing brain, which I helped mentor her with. Albo described her work and leadership as “quite extraordinary” (which, frankly, it is!)

In my commentary, I focus on the addictive design features used by social media platforms, why developing brains are especially vulnerable, and the plausible pathways linking heavy use with body dissatisfaction, loneliness, depression and anxiety. 

I keep coming back to the basics: when screens displace sleep, movement, play and face-to-face connection, young brains miss out on some of the very things that help them grow well. From a neuroscience perspective, sleep, exercise and in-person socialisation support healthy brain development + are critical levers of good mental

## Транскрипт

### Segment 1 (00:00 - 01:00) []

We also committed to ban social media for under 16s so that kids have time to be kids rather than engaging on their devices. Mr. Speaker, delaying access to social media until the age of 16 will protect young Australians at a critical stage of their development. Don't just take my word for it. Last sitting week the PM and I met with 12-year-old Florence from the Friends School in Hobart, her mom Romany, and her idol and mentor neuroscientist Dr. Lila Landowski. And today we're joined in the gallery by a courageous 12-year-old Florence, or Flossy as she likes to be called, who's here with her mom and a neurologist from Hobart in Tasmania. Last term Flossy did a school assignment on the scientific understanding of brain development through neuroscience prompts. And the motivation for her assignment was to help her school friends better understand the evidence behind our social media minimum age laws. To show that Parliament didn't just increase the minimum age because we're all old and boring and out of touch but because we want what's best for them. To get our youngest Australians offline and into life. Flossy was good enough to give me this friendship bracelet and I thank her for it and I I declare it on the register, Mr. Speaker, at this time. The work that Florence has done as a young Australian to inspire other children to embrace activities other than being on their devices is quite extraordinary. This is a social change backed by both sides of this Parliament that has come from the bottom up. I thank you for the work that you are doing and the leadership you are giving to young Australians.