Heavy monsoon showers once again disrupted life in Mumbai, with the Andheri Subway—one of the city’s busiest east-west connectors—temporarily shut due to severe waterlogging. Although vehicular traffic has now resumed, the closure led to long traffic snarls and inconvenience for commuters. An auto rickshaw also got stranded inside the flooded subway before being rescued by BMC officials and the police.

FPJ visited the Andheri Subway and spoke to commuters, many of whom questioned why the subway continues to flood every monsoon despite crores of rupees being spent on desilting and monsoon preparedness.

In this ground report, we also explain the real reasons behind the recurring flooding. The subway’s low-lying design, the Mogra Nullah, and the limitations of the pumping system during intense rainfall all contribute to the problem. Experts say that while pumping helps, only permanent engineering solutions can prevent the annual closures.

Watch FPJ’s on-ground report to understand why the Andheri Subway remains one of Mumbai’s most flood-prone locations.

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The Australian government has announced it is “doubling down” on social media platforms that aren’t complying with age restrictions for under-16s.

The announcement comes just days after a new study reported more than 85% of children under 16 were still accessing social media content, primarily by using their own accounts.

Many other countries are watching Australia’s measures closely. Several have already introduced similar social media age restrictions.

Bigger penalties, stronger investigative powers

Australia is strengthening its social media restrictions in two ways.

First, it will double the maximum penalty for “systematic breaches” from A$49.5 million to A$99 million. This is in line with penalties available under competition and consumer law.

Under the legislation, social media platforms must take “reasonable steps” to stop under-16s having accounts.

In March, Federal Minister for Communications Annika Wells explained she had “serious concerns” about social media companies’ compliance with the legislation.

The eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant has been investigating Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube for potential non-compliance.

The second step is to expand the eSafety Commissioner’s “information-gathering powers” to help hold social media companies to account.

Earlier this month, Inman-Grant said she lacked “potent powers” to enforce the social media ban:

A regulator is only as good as the tools and the resources that they’re given.

The new legislation will enable eSafety to compel social media companies to provide information and documents to demonstrate compliance.

eSafety will also have the power to gather information from third parties – such as age-assurance companies and app store providers. This will “assist in validating or testing claims” made by social media companies.

Many gaps remain

These changes are welcome, albeit overdue. It is unclear why they weren’t part of the original plan for ensuring compliance.

The changes also don’t go far enough to address the potential harms posed by social media. Even if all social media platforms complied with the current legislation, significant safety concerns would remain.

The legislation only restricts under-16s from having social media accounts. So children can still view problematic content and face other platform harms, such as having the algorithm serve up age-inappropriate content, without logging into an account.

Messaging and gaming apps are exempt from Australia’s social media legislation. This leaves children open to cyberbullying and predation on these platforms.

Roblox, for example, has made headlines due to concerns over young people being groomed on the platform, resulting in recent design changes to increase safety.

The legislation also doesn’t apply to generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, which are increasingly used and also pose risks to young people.

A burden on parents

These legislative gaps mean parents must remain vigilant in monitoring their children’s activities across many types of platform.

Parents must understand the technical limitations of age-assurance technologies. They must know how VPNs or other workarounds allow children to get around the ban.

They must also be aware of new and less well-known platforms (such as Rednote, Yope and Lemon8) to which children may turn if blocked from mainstream platforms.

This places a significant burden on Australian parents, who are already frustrated with the limitations of the existing legislation.

This points to a broader, significant gap in the current social media legislation: it does not hold technology companies to account for the content they present, or the potential harm posed by their algorithmic designs.

Improving overall safety

In November 2024, before the social media ban passed federal parliament, the National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds and Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finley argued it “merely addresses surface issues without improving overall safety on these platforms”.

More than 18 months later, their concerns that the ban “oversimplifies a complex issue” and “does nothing to make the social media platforms safer for everyone” have been realised.

Earlier in 2024, the federal government announced it would introduce another piece of legislation known as the “digital duty of care” that would address broader safety concerns.

I explained this was a positive step forward – one aligned with other jurisdictions around the world. While Australian consumers are protected from unsafe products by the Product Safety regulator, its reach does not extend to digital platforms. That’s because they are classified as “online service providers” that do not have a legally established duty of care relationship with users.

The digital duty of care legislation was shelved (as Australia moved ahead with social media restrictions). But it was resurrected in December 2025 and will be introduced to parliament later this year.

This legislation will require that online service providers:

• provide a safe online environment for all Australians
• prevent, monitor and appropriately address content and activity that is illegal or harmful to young people
• ensure the safety of service features, including AI and algorithmic content recommendation or generation systems and bot accounts.

Companies will also be required to provide reports to eSafety and the public, to undergo audits, and to enable researchers to independently assess and audit providers’ safety features. The legislation includes potential penalties up to A$100 million.

So, while the government strengthens its social media ban, a broader, more robust piece of legislation is waiting in the wings.

The question is, how much longer will Australians have to wait?

A digital duty of care is desperately needed to hold technology companies to account in an increasingly complex digital landscape. This legislation can work to keep consumers safe, no matter their age.

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The Amble One is configurable from the start. Rear seats fold flat. A canvas weatherproofing option is coming. A lockable front box will replace the standard basket for urban buyers. Hard doors are not planned, but a second platform—already in design and targeting a 2029 release—will move further toward conventional-car territory, with removable doors, a lower roofline, and a hardtop; it cleverly aims to replace not a family’s primary car, but its second car.

That incoming “Amble Two” is clearly the larger bet. “Most families do not need twice that $50,000 BYD or Tesla,” Roose says. “The second vehicle for families could be something that is designed for purpose, designed for shorter trips—and that can be much simpler, way more fun, way more open, and also more affordable.”

Car brands have models that are trying to crack this market, too. The 28-mph Citroen Ami with its 46-mile range is a prime example. Stellantis, which owns Citroen, recently announced plans to expand capacity for its supermini electric cars. “This is the beginning of a turning point,” Roose says.

Still, Amble might have a shot. The company apparently has 12 signed clients, over 500 vehicles committed, and more than 10 million euros in signed revenue, according to Roose. Properties including Amangiri in Utah, Mustique Island, Six Senses Les Bordes in the Loire Valley, and Uva’s own Na Praia in Comporta have placed orders. The first hospitality deliveries of the Amble One begin in mid-2027, while consumer preorders for Europe and the US are now open, with deliveries in 2028, starting from $25,000.

“A lot of companies in micromobility start in the urban market and want to compete with everyone, and we all know that this did not work out so far,” Hoenig says. “We’re taking a different approach: build our brand as a premium brand, and then step by step go more into this urban market.”

Could this “luxury” lunar-inspired supermini EV be the ride to get us all to ditch our ICE second car and finally embrace micromobility? The Amble One is a darn sight more appealing a prospect than the contenders that have come before it.

This story originally appeared at wired.com.

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