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10 Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 1 place · today 19:09 EDT

Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Isn't Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds

After Australia banned social media for users younger than 16, teenagers "immediately worked to circumvent the restrictions," reports Fortune:

14-year-old in New South Wales, told
The Washington Post in December 2025, just
before the implementation of the ban, she planned to use her mother's
face ID to log in to Snapchat
and .
In a Reddit thread on ways to bypass the ban, one user suggested
using a printed mesh face mask from Temu to outsmart apps'
facial recognition tools. Others still have tried VPNs tha

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