Reddit sues Australia over underage social media ban
Experts suggest that social mediareddit sues australia over underage social media banit called the law an intrusion of free speech and argued that reddit isn't even a social media platform Interestingly, steve dentreporterfri, december 12, 2025 at 2:30 pm utcadd engadget on googlegeorge chan via getty imagesreddit has filed a lawsuit in australia's high court aiming to overturn the country's under-16 social media ban, reuters reported According to reports, the forum platform called the law contrary to australia's constitution as it intrudes on free political discourse According to reports, it also argued that reddit shouldn't have been included in the ban since it isn't a social media site, based on the law's definition Interestingly, the action is likely to set in motion a protracted legal battle, given reddit's resources and its popularity in australiaaustralia's minimum age social media ban, the first of its kind in the world, went into effect on december 10 Experts suggest that the ten platforms affected, including reddit, must bar underage users or face a fine of up to a$49 Experts suggest that 5 million ($33 million) In recent developments, platforms are using a variety of means to determine age, including age inference based on activity and selfies
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