US EditionThe Social Media Ban Is Just the Start of Australia's Forthcoming Restrictions—and Teens Have Legitimate Concerns
Australia begins enforcing a social media ban for under-16s targeting major platforms to reduce exposure to harmful content and cyberbullying, with 96% of children affected, eSafety says.
- On Friday, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant began enforcing the law, issuing notices to platforms demanding baseline data on under-16 users, and accounts were cut off overnight.
- Policymakers cite powerful recommendation algorithms that exploit young attention, with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s `Facebook Files` and News Corp's `Let Them Be Kids` campaign shifting political will.
- More than 140 academics called the ban `too blunt an instrument`, while Digital Freedom Project and Reddit launched High Court challenges amid an eSafety survey finding 96% of 10- to 15-year-olds use social media with many facing harm.
- Under the ban children can still watch YouTube logged out but cannot hold accounts, removing parental oversight; thousands are fleeing to Lemon8 and Yope, while VPNs are marketed to circumvent restrictions.
- Independent evaluations involving 11 academics will track outcomes over the next few months as Australia tests a large-scale social experiment amid critics warning platform business models may persist.
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Australia just banned teens from social media. Why not Kansas?
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Australia just banned teens from social media. Why not Kansas? - Newton Kansan
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The great scroll off: Inside Australia’s world-first teen social media ban
How grieving parents, media campaigns, and political opportunism collided to create the world’s most ambitious - and contentious - experiment in digital regulation.
The social media ban is just the start of Australia's forthcoming restrictions—and teens have legitimate concerns
There has been massive global interest in the new social media legislation introduced in Australia aimed at protecting children from the dangers of doom‑scrolling and mental‑health risks potentially posed by these platforms during their developmental years.
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