The Bijou Lecture 2025

Australia attracted international headlines last year after becoming the first country in the world to pass legislation requiring social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent users under 16 from having an account on their platforms. 

The aim was to combat ongoing online safety concerns and protecting young Australians by minimising the risk of online harm. But is a social media ban the most efficient way of keeping children safe online? 

In the ODPA’s 2025 Bijou lecture, Guernsey Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan sits down with Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind to tackle this and many other thorny privacy-related issues which are affecting people across the world.