Labor has brushed aside concerns over the social media ban. But what if it doesn’t work as promised?

November 23, 2025

If Meta, the world’s biggest social media company, expects problems after a year of preparation, then what should the rest of us be expecting?

One year ago this week, Labor introduced its social media ban for under 16s, ramming it through parliament within seven days. Passing on the final sitting day of 2024, the contentious bill controversially only received a four-hour inquiry, such was the keenness of both major parties to speed it through parliament.

A year later, just 19 days before the laws come into effect on 10 December, the government was still adding new platforms to the list of tech companies to face up to $50m fines if they fail to ban children from their services.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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