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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/b485174a4bd7eb6e https://verfassungsblog.de/why-australias-social-media-ban-for-kids-may-breach-its-constitution/ Why Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids May Breach Its Constitution Joseph, Sarah eng 2024-12-05 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Implied freedom Political Communication Proportionality Social Media Social Media Social Media Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 29 November 2024, the Australian federal Parliament enacted a world-first law, which imposed a minimum age for access to most social media sites in the country. The law will not come into full force for at least twelve months, to give time to social media platforms to devise appropriate methods for verifying the ages of users. The law might be a rare example that fails the proportionality test. Social media companies have the means and incentive to mount a constitutional challenge to find out; surely they are going to do so.