Australia’s social media ban launched with barely a hitch – but the real test is still to come

‘This is Australia showing enough is enough,’ said the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, as the country’s under-16s social media ban came into effect on Wednesday. Composite: Victoria Hart/Guardian Design/Getty images

On the lawns of the prime minister’s Kirribilli residence in Sydney, overlooking the harbour, Anthony Albanese said he had never been prouder.

“This is a day in which my pride to be prime minister of Australia has never been greater. This is world-leading. This is Australia showing enough is enough,” he said as the country’s under-16s social media ban came into effect on Wednesday.