Squiz Shortcuts: The social media ban for U16s - Part 2: How will it work?

As of 10 December, all Aussie kids under the age of 16 will be legally banned from social media apps. In Part 2 of our series on Australia’s world-first legislation, we’re looking at the nuts and bolts of how the ban will work, including how the policy will be enforced, how the tech giants will go about identifying who is underage, and what the implications could be for kids looking for online alternatives… Squiz Recommends:  Reading: Here’s ⁠YouTube’s case⁠ for why pushing kids off known apps could send them to the unregulated corners of the internet… Reading: And ⁠this piece⁠ from The Conversation lets young people have their say about the upcoming ban… Email us: Got a topic you'd like us to tackle? Send us your Shortcut suggestions to ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.  ⁠⁠Squiz Shortcuts⁠⁠ is your back story to the big news stories… Want the email version? Sign up for the Shortcuts newsletter ⁠here⁠ Prefer to watch this episode? Check it out on YouTube ⁠here