Kids will also be banned from Reddit and live-streaming platform Kick when Australia's social media age restrictions take effect.

Children under age 16 will be booted off social platforms from December 10, with exceptions for health and education services including WhatsApp and Meta's Messenger Kids.

The Albanese government announced the world-leading reforms will also apply to Reddit and Kick.

Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube and X are among the platforms that will need to take "reasonable steps" to prevent under-16s from holding accounts.

Tech giants that fail to do so will face fines of up to $49.5 million.

Social media users cannot be forced to provide government-issued ID as the sole method to prove their age online and must be offered other options.

The law puts t

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