Under-16 social media ban faces high court challenge
Reddit and advocacy group led by libertarian politician seek to overturn world-leading law; experts divided on outcome
Australia’s world-leading ban on under-16 social media accounts will face its first high court challenge this week, as Reddit and the Digital Freedom Project, an advocacy group led by New South Wales Libertarian MP John Ruddick, push to have the law overturned. The hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday will centre on whether the ban impermissibly burdens the implied freedom of political communication.