The EU has vowed to take action on social media after Anthony Albanese spruiked Australia’s world-leading ban for under-16s at the UN.

“On the 10th of December, Australia will introduce social media age restrictions that go further than any country has before,” the Prime Minister declared in an impassioned speech overnight.

“Not cutting access to publicly available content, but delaying the ability to set up social media accounts from the current age of 13, until the age of 16.

“This is a sensible but overdue step to protect young Australians at a critical stage of their development, giving them three more years to build real world connections and online resilience.”

The extra time, Mr Albanese said, would let kids “get better at spotting the fakes and the dangers, at learning the diff

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