Global online forum Reddit has filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms.
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Damages to the Caribbean island were estimated at around $10 billionBusinessThe social media ban for children under 16 slogan"Let Them Be Kids" is projected onto the pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. California-based Reddit Inc.’s suit filed in the High Court follows a case filed last month by Sydney-based rights group Both suits claim the law is unconstitutional because it infringes on Australia’s implied freedom of political communication. “We believe there are more effective ways for the Australian government to accomplish our shared goal of protecting youth, and the SMMA law carries some serious privacy and political expression issues for everyone on the internet,” Reddit said in a statement. “While we agree with the importance of protecting people under 16, this law has the unfortunate effect of forcing intrusive and potentially insecure verification processes on adults as well as minors, isolating teens from the ability to engage in age-appropriate community experiences , and creating an illogical patchwork of which platforms are included and which aren’t,” Reddit added. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government declined to comment on the merits of Reddit's challenge. “The Albanese government is on the side of Australian parents and kids, not platforms,” a government statement said. “We will stand firm to protect young Australians from experiencing harm on social media. The matter is before the courts so it is not appropriate to comment further,” the statement added. Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube and Twitch face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars from Wednesday if they fail to take reasonable steps to remove the accounts of Australian children younger than 16.to the 10 age-restricted platforms on Thursday demanding data on how many accounts of young children they had deactivated since the law took effect on Wednesday. Inman Grant had predicted that some platforms might have been waiting to receive their first notice or their first fine for noncompliance before mounting a legal challenge.Despite the court challenge, Reddit said it would comply with the law and would continue to engage with eSafety. The platforms’ age-verification options were to ask for copies of identification documents, use a third party to apply age-estimation technology to analyze an account holder’s face, or make inferences from data already available, such has how long an account has been held.would be unnecessarily intrusive, given the tech giants already have sufficient personal data on most people to perform that task. For privacy reasons, the platforms also cannot compel users to provide government-issued identification. Documents filed with the court registry show Reddit will ask the seven High Court judges to rule the law is invalid. Alternatively, the company wants the court to prevent the government from listing Reddit among the age-restricted platforms. The High Court will hold a preliminary hearing in late February to set a date for Digital Freedom Project's challenge on behalf of two 15-year-olds. It is not yet clear whether the two challenges would be heard together. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Realtor emphasizes strategic pricing in San Antonio’s cooling real estate marketRoosevelt Avenue’s deadly reputation pushes community plea for immediate safety improvements‘I was devastated’: Woman who lost everything in apartment fire retains attorneyConsumer Reports: Instacart’s AI-enabled pricing experiments may be inflating your grocery billRecords: Cibolo spent $100K+ defending officer after state audit found past family violence caseVictim of west Bexar County porch pirate warns others to protect holiday packagesPlane crashes into car on Florida highwayVeterans demand change after second suicide in 8 months outside San Antonio VA hospitalWould you pay to park at La Cantera?
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