Reddit tells top court Australia's social media ban is 'overbroad'
By Saloni Sinha ( November 3, 2026, 06:03 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s social media ban for under-16s imposes an unjustifiable restriction on political communication while failing to protect children from the risks it targets, Reddit argued as the country’s top court began hearing challenges to the law on Tuesday. In the outline of the oral arguments published Tuesday, Reddit described the Social Media Minimum Age restrictions as the product of an expedited legislative process “of a kind apt to lead to ill thought out, overbroad legislation.”Australia’s social media ban for under-16s imposes an unjustifiable restriction on political communication while failing to protect children from the risks it targets, Reddit argued as the country’s top court began hearing challenges to the law on Tuesday....
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