MELBOURNE: Social media giants on Friday (Nov 29) hit out at a landmark Australian law banning them from signing up under-16s, describing it as a rush job littered with "many unanswered questions". The UN children's charity UNICEF Australia joined the fray, warning the law was no "silver bullet" against on

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I’ll find a way. And so will all my other friends, says a 12-year-old

The landmark Social Media Minimum Age bill sets Australia up as a test case for a growing number of governments.

The landmark Social Media Minimum Age bill sets Australia up as a test case for a growing number of governments. But opponents warn that young people may be driven to unsafe parts of the web.

Australia’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media, leaving it to the Senate to finalize the world-first law.