A statement from 6 News founder Leo Puglisi.
As Australia’s only national streaming news channel run almost entirely by teenagers in high school, 6 News has been asked many times about what the government’s under-16s social media ban means for us.
Let’s be clear: 6 News is not going away.
Our team is made up of many young journalists - some still in high school, while others are preparing to enter university. Some of our journalists, aged 15 when this debate started, are now past the age limit and allowed to use social media.
As we made clear in our submission to the inquiry on this legislation, we’ve been built up by having 13-15-year-olds see 6 News online and then join the team to explore their own passions in journalism and media. We have said that this ban seriously risks restricting creativity from our young people, no matter what passion or future career they want to explore.
With the ban not coming into effect for at least 12 months, there’s serious potential for a lot to change. But no matter what, we will still be here for you, bringing all ages trusted independent and impartial journalism.
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