After Australia’s ban, a look at how other countries regulate social media use by children

Days after Australia became the first country in the world to ban social media for under-16 children, Reddit has sued the country’s government for what the message board website has called an intrusion on free political discourse.

It is the second such legal challenge against the landmark social media ban, after two teenagers representing an Australian libertarian group filed a lawsuit last month. Even though the ban went into effect from December 10, companies like Meta began deactivating the accounts of under-16 users several days prior.

While young Australians are still coming to terms with their new reality of not having an account on Tiktok and Instagram, parents, researchers, lawmakers, and government officials around the world, including in India, are closely watching how the firs