Looks like India will follow suit.
Shows just how half-arsed this legislation was.
Also - my niece and nephew are still on Snapchat, months after the ban. Same user accounts, same avatar, everything. Under 16 and all. 
Have you told them they are breaking the law?
Yes, but neither they nor I care. That’s their parents job.
Technically, the law is on the platforms not the people who use those services. Again would had been better to target the algorithms themselves or the sale of devices.
An excellent outcome:
https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/full/2026/2026fcafc0012
The eSafety commissioner should be sacked for her overreach.
For those who can’t be bothered to wait for the TL;DR version of this…
‘Leading the world’: Stunning Australia move
US President Trump considering Australia’s social media ban.
President Trump’s own daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, says that the US President has been paying close attention to developments in Australia.
“I see things like what has happened in Australia and what has happened in France, where you have a regulatory body saying, ‘We’re going to wait until these kids are at least a little bit older, 15, 16 years old, in order to at least process a little more what they’re doing in the social media space before they get online,’” she told host Miranda Devine. “And I personally would be so in favour of that,” she added.
Pfffft…he won’t. His tech bro buddies won’t allow it. Plus it’s counter productive - he won’t be able to spread his lies so easily.
He’d probably make Truth Social the only acceptable platform for the kiddies to be on.
Not to mention that those laws may be struck down by the US Supreme Court for being unconstitutional.
Trying to make us forget all about Grok and its AI disrobing of women I take it…
Which translates to AU$23.42m.
The UK Lower House last week rejected a social media ban for people under 16.