{"id":"19e8426d-1c77-4576-be72-0ddf227172d2","url":"https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/high-court-contest-over-social-media-ban-tests-children-s-right-to-political-free-speech-20261103-p61aym.html","domain":"smh.com.au","outlet":{"name":"The Sydney Morning Herald","country":"AU","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"High Court contest over social media ban tests children’s right to political free speech","plainHeadline":"High Court challenge tests teen political speech ban in Australia","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Reddit and Digital Freedom Project seek to overturn Australia’s teen social media ban in the High Court.","Lawyers argue the ban infringes youths’ implied right to political communication and is ill thought-out.","Government says the policy protects Australians from online harm and defends it against attacks.","Court questions whether under-16s are sufficiently politically engaged to impact the ban’s effect.","Reddit cites alternatives and examples of youth political engagement to argue against the ban."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-03T04:59:51.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-03T05:46:41.570Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/859d6176-a2af-43fb-bf6f-830b9606c996","storyId":"859d6176-a2af-43fb-bf6f-830b9606c996","image":"https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2868%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_417%2C$y_69/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/5d33117a7fffd1ceeaa2b7bc175432ed5b52b623","author":"Brittany Busch","dek":"The full court bench interrogated Reddit’s case, suggesting that children were not sufficiently politically engaged for the ban to have a significant effect."}