{"podcast":{"title":"ABC News Top Stories","slug":"abc-news-top-stories-6001594","podcast_index_feed_id":6001594,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/101858056/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/radio/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e095db3b3ea82ec7b474d8295add4336.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":30,"summary":"ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day. Get fast, trusted coverage of politics, business, extreme weather, and major national events from the ABC's newsroom direct to your podcast feed. Whether you're catching up on the morning's top headlines or need a quick update between meetings, ABC News Top Stories gives you the essential news of the day. You can also hear the biggest stories of the day explained in-depth in just a few minutes. Follow now for daily Australian news briefings from the ABC, Australia's most trusted news source.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:17:05.666903+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"Will the proposed changes to the social media ban go far enough?","slug":"will-the-proposed-changes-to-the-social-media-ban-go-far-enough","published_at":"2026-06-28T04:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/will-the-proposed-changes-to-the-social-media-ban-go-far-enough","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/social-media-ban-laws-changes/106852604","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/lv/Z/6k.mp3","summary":"Experts say new proposed legislation to strengthen Australia's social media age restrictions still won't go far enough. Since December, popular social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat have been legally required to take reasonable steps to prevent under-16s from signing up or keeping an account. But - six months in - questions are being raised about if the existing laws have been successful in keeping underage teens off social media.","meta_description":"Experts say new proposed legislation to strengthen Australia's social media age restrictions still won't go far enough. Since December, popular social med…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":185,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/will-the-proposed-changes-to-the-social-media-ban-go-far-enough/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/will-the-proposed-changes-to-the-social-media-ban-go-far-enough.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}