{"id":"890fd413-42d6-420f-8e47-09ba3f8bdb9f","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/03/reddit-under-16s-social-media-ban-australia-high-court","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true,"owner":"Guardian Media Group"},"title":"Australia rushed through ‘ill-thought-out’ under-16s social media ban, Reddit argues as high court challenge begins","plainHeadline":"Australia challenges new under-16s social media ban in high court","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Reddit argues the 2024 ban was rushed and ill-thought-out, over-broad in scope.","Court hearing discusses whether the ban impinges on under-16s political communication.","Legislation passed within a week with only 24 hours of submissions.","By December last year, over 5 million accounts across 10 platforms were suspended.","New rules were introduced in March to add requirements like logged-in features and endless scroll."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-03T04:04:28.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-03T04:27:14.795Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/859d6176-a2af-43fb-bf6f-830b9606c996","storyId":"859d6176-a2af-43fb-bf6f-830b9606c996","image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/593f4c0d03990046121aef0f7507437a4c10e99e/1198_0_7857_6286/master/7857.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=94c295a57275ccfd0522770e4c55d91d","author":"Josh Taylor Technology reporter","dek":"Reddit challenges ban on grounds it impinges implied freedom of political communications for teens"}