REMEREDZAYI GUDYANGA | Australia moves first with under-16 social media ban, forcing a global reckoning
TimesLive | 04.01.2026 05:00
Australia has a habit of arriving at the future ahead of the rest of the world. Long before others count down to midnight, Australians are already welcoming the new year. It is fitting, then, that Australia has become the first country to take a decisive step into uncertain digital territory by banning social media access for children under the age of 16.
