Campaign Group, Teens Ask High Court to Block Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s

In November 2024, Australia became the first country to pass a law on a social media ban for children under 16 from several platforms.

A woman holds a phone displaying the X app, in this file photo, on Aug. 11, 2024. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times

A campaign group on Nov. 26 brought a legal challenge against Canberra’s social media ban for Australians under 16—set to come into effect on Dec. 10—with two 15-year-olds as plaintiffs.

The Digital Freedom Project (DFP) said in a statement that it, along with Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, had filed proceedings in the High Court in Australia to challenge the ban.