@guardianaustralia: Does Australia’s social media ban mean kids aged under 16 will get in legal trouble if they get around the ban? Will parents get in trouble for letting their kids use banned social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat? There is a lot of misinformation about how the world-first ban will actually work. So whether you’re a parent of a child, or a child watching this on a VPN, @guardianaustralia's Matilda Boseley is here to clear up what the social media ban means. Credits: Reporter: Matilda Boseley Producer: Lisa Favazzo Executive producer: Michael Kalenderian #socialmediaban #socialmedia #australia #snapchatbanned #tiktokbanned #instagrambanned

Pepe Kellaway :

Concerned that it may push kids to less desirable sites

Mel-eficent :

Oh no. They're sending the children back to Tumblr.

Alt.Id :

It will also isolate kids.

Meat Tube 4472β :

So the solution is for parents to … parent?

bydand_ :

the entire ban is poorly implemented. it is based on misinformation and deliberately misleading the public to force id being tied to accounts. expect this to be abused

Kamel 🍉 :

4chan isn’t banned btw, but somehow threads is banned

jesse 🐊👍 :

Okay, so if kids can easily get around it and it’s not agaisnt the law for them to do so, what’s the point of it in the first place? It’s not protecting kids then. This video feels way too lenient about the government’s poor planning.

Nerd Immunity :

$49.5m is less than those companies have down the back of their sofas.

Esca :

What's the point then!? No one gets in trouble, no one gets fined, SO WHATS THE POINT!?!?

SkoomaDoo :

the ban is just going to lead kids to sneaking onto worse sites and not telling their parents

Hannah Jane Maybury :

a huge waste of money

Angelina Maiuolo :

No, it’s Thursday bro :

It’s a surveillance law, not a social media ban. They want more of our private information, that’s why they make you verify.

abe :

It’s almost as if actually parenting and talking to your children was the solution in the first place instead of eroding privacy rights

blasy :

rip to any adults who like gen alpha memes and part of fandoms

akira :

I do support the concept but the implementation is yet to be proven. I fear pushing children to spaces that don’t have “accounts” is a steep and scary slope to things like 4chan

₊‧꒰ა Pauline ໒꒱ ‧₊ 🪖 :

they’re sending the kids back to tumblr 😭

ako_roselia :

Australia is trying to be sneaky, they don’t let kids learn truth so they can shove propaganda down their throats, and you call yourself a “developed country”

KatasaurasRegina :

I am an adult and I hate this draconian nonsense, parents should parent not governments.

HEAVY PETAL :

Give this woman a raise

I, Dolli♟ :

so let's say there is an adult who is interested in nerdy / childlike things and they interact with that stuff online they can then get social media banned like those who are under 16?

Em :

you are genuinely my favourite journalist

SheDevil0309 :

So what’s the point? And how much did this cost tax payers?

MiloJkap :

Jia e parents will have a false sense of security. Kids will be in more danger. Worst law ever. Maybe address the harmful content….