Under-16s in Australia are officially banned from social media as of December 10, in a move brought in by the government to make the internet a safer place for young people.
TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Snapchat, YouTube, Kick, Twitch, Threads, and Reddit will all be impacted by the changes after Australian officials deemed the sites harmful to young people.
“Social media is doing harm to our kids, and I’m calling time on it,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in November 2024 while announcing the plan.
Some of the sites are already banning young people in the run-up to the law change but what do Australians think about this?
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