Reddit, Digital Freedom Project social-media ban cases should progress jointly: Australian court
By Saloni Sinha ( December 18, 2025, 05:48 GMT | Insight) -- The two major challenges brought by Reddit and Digital Freedom Project to Australia's social-media ban should proceed in tandem, the country's top court has said. In transcripts from the High Court of Australia hearings, Judge Stephen Gageler directed Reddit to file pleadings and ordered both cases to prepare coordinated special cases on the question of the Social Media Minimum Age law’s validity. The two major challenges brought by Reddit and Digital Freedom Project to the government’s social-media ban should proceed in tandem, Australia’s top court has said....
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