Australian teens approaching age limit could be spared from social media ban, ACT leader says

Opposition to the proposed social media ban is growing, with more than dozens of experts and groups signing an open letter to the prime minister arguing against it. Photograph: Peter Cripps/Alamy

It “doesn’t make sense” to remove existing teen users of social media from the platforms just a year or two before they regain access, Andrew Barr says.

The ACT chief minister’s comments point to the possibility that existing users could be grandfathered by the proposed social media ban so they keep their accounts or are temporarily moved on to teen-friendly versions, such as that recently introduced for Instagram by Meta.