Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) as he speaks during an official function to mark the start of Australia's social media reform at Kirrilbilli House in Sydney on December 10, 2025. David Gray/AFP/Getty Images Sydney, Australia —

For parents and campaigners who’ve long argued that incessant scrolling is damaging young minds, the start of Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s is just the beginning.

Wayne Holdsworth, the father of Mac, who took his life at 17 after being targeted by a sexual extortion scam on social media, joined other parents who’d lost children to suicide at a select gathering in Sydney at the prime minister’s official residence on Wednesday.

“It’s really sad. I shouldn’t be here because he should have been protected,” Holdsworth tol

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