Children 16 and younger are set to be kicked off platforms including Facebook and Instagram. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS

Australia is in the final throes of preparing its world-leading social media ban for children younger than 16 but key questions remain unanswered.

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From December 10, children 16 and younger will be kicked off platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Threads and X.

Opposition communication spokeswoman Melissa McIntosh used the one-month deadline on Monday to turn up the heat on the Albanese government, declaring the ban was "set up to fa

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