Australia challenges new under-16s social media ban in high court
They publishedAustralia rushed through ‘ill-thought-out’ under-16s social media ban, Reddit argues as high court challenge begins
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Who
What
- 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.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom (outlet HQ)
topics: Politics · language: eng
topics: Politics · language: eng
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