LOS ANGELES -- Imagine telling your teenage child that he or she couldn't use social media anymore. As terrifying as that sounds, Australia is doing it and many say the U.S. should do the same.

Starting Wednesday, Australia is banning access to platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube for kids under 16.

Australia's social media ban for children 16 and under is now in effect. Here's everything you need to know.

Not surprisingly, Australian kids are not happy.

"We will be completely silenced and cut off from our country and the rest of the world with this ban," said 15-year-old Noah Jones, an Australian social media advocate.

But there are plenty of people here in the U.S. who think American kids should be kept away from social media as well.

"Australia is really taking the le

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