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A rumored lawsuit would determine who’s responsible for the failure of Australia’s social media ban

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A rumored lawsuit would determine who’s responsible for the failure of Australia’s social media ban

Last December, when the Australian government began enforcing sweeping restrictions on youth social media use, the whole world took notice — and we all watched Australia’s regulators fall flat on their faces.

To put it bluntly, the plan to keep Aussie under-16s off of social media has been an abject failure. Teens aren’t staying away from their favorite platforms. In fact, according to some studies, Australian youths are more active on social media than they were before the ban took effect.

The Australian government is looking for someone to blame for the ineffective rollout, and it is pointing its proverbial finger at the platforms it restricted. According to a report from Bloomberg, the antipodean tech regulator known as the eSafety Commissioner is preparing a lawsuit that would target five platforms included in the ban: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube.

The lawsuit hasn’t been filed yet, but Australian Communications Minister Anika Wells said that we can “expect” eSafety head Julie Inman Grant to file charges against the beleaguered platforms. “Now she has more powers to be able to gather the evidence that she needs to take those five companies to the Federal Court,” Wells said. “She’s now using those powers to prepare her case.”

The companies targeted by Australia’s youth social media ban have protested the measure, but they have also repeatedly claimed to adhere to the law. Meta, for example, reported earlier this year that it had taken action against more than 750,000 accounts that were believed to be used by underage Australians.


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