As Australia’s new Social Media Minimum Age (SMMA) law, also being called the social media ban, comes into force on December 10, governments worldwide are paying close attention. The law obliges age-restricted social media platforms to take “reasonable steps” to stop Australians under 16 from opening or keeping accounts.

Becoming the first country to ban children below the age of 16 from having social media accounts, Australia’s internet regulator has said the teen social-media ban is the first step in a global move to rein in Big Tech. Social media giants like Facebook and Instagram have already begun deactivating accounts of Australian kids under 16.

The United States was slapped with a travel advisory from Australia in June, so, while the Social Media Minimum Age (SMMA) law has pu

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