Australian social media ban for under-16s a ‘retrograde step’, UK charity says

The Australian Senate passed a social media ban for young children that will soon become a world-first law (PA) - (PA Archive)

Australia’s plans to ban under-16s from social media is a “retrograde step” that would leave young people facing a “cliff edge of harm” when then turn 16, a UK charity has warned.

Andy Burrows, the chief executive of the Molly Rose Foundation, said such bans undermined the aim of online safety regulation, which would force social media platforms to make their sites safe and age appropriate.