Does Australia's new social media law actually protect kids from social media's harms and pitfalls, or is it just kicking the can down the road?

The most popular social media platforms among Australia’s youth are mostly ones they are not old enough to be allowed on.

Children in Australia are able to easily bypass the minimum age limit imposed by social media platforms, a report by the country's online safety regulator showed on Thursday, ahead of a landmark ban by the government on access for those under 16.

About 80% of children in Australia between 8 and 12 used at least one platform in 2024, a watchdog report has found.

Beth Maanvi Sharma, aged 28, is a businesswoman and model with a large Instagram following who lives in Delhi, India. And Kemi Adeyemi, is a twenty-six-year-old travel blogger from Lagos in Nigeria. Both young women discussed these social media worries with BBC World Service programme, Pick of the World:

FOX 13’s Kellie Cowan has a look at the challenge to Florida’s new social media law banning kids under 14 from creating social media accounts. Oral arguments in the case are set for Friday in a federal courtroom in Tallahassee.

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