{"id":"b6bf320f-e5e2-4243-9a6a-0bff6bb19c5d","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck79py02p1jlo","domain":"bbc.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"BBC","country":"GB","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"British Broadcasting Corporation"},"title":"Legal challenge to Australia's social media ban to start in High Court","plainHeadline":"Australia's High Court to hear challenge to social media ban","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Two days of hearings begin in Australia's High Court over the under-16 ban.","Digital Freedom Project filed the constitutional challenge ahead of the ban’s start.","Reddit also launched a separate High Court challenge to the policy.","Platforms must block under-16 access or face fines up to A$99m.","Some users report bypassing age checks; Meta says many accounts closed."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T19:12:59.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-02T21:14:15.294Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/505311f5-9136-4f11-8516-c382db91c0f1","storyId":"505311f5-9136-4f11-8516-c382db91c0f1","image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/7af5/live/6a1bb4a0-d67e-11f1-ac3d-edfeb9f7d0aa.jpg","author":"Lana Lam","dek":"A rights group will argue the world-leading policy robs under-16s of their right to free communication."}