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Australia's social media ban will take effect next week with children under 16 set to be blocked from a range of social media platforms. As the date draws closer, there are concerns about the rise of platforms not covered by the ban but the federal government has vowed it will broaden its scope if the need arises.

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00:00Logging off and switching on.
00:04You can't replicate talking to one another.
00:07The Premier joining the Federal Communications Minister
00:10to speak directly to students one week out
00:12from the start of the under-16s social media ban.
00:16Families were losing their sons and daughters
00:18to snap streaks and to doom scrolling.
00:21From December 10, platforms including Instagram,
00:24Snapchat, TikTok and Facebook
00:25must bar children from holding accounts
00:27or face fines of up to more than $49 million,
00:31leaving some young social media users
00:33now days away from being cut off.
00:36Saturday and Sunday I might have plans,
00:39but if I don't, just social media.
00:41I think it's good to have that detox
00:42because I want to focus on other things like studies and sport.
00:46I don't think it'll change much
00:48because people will fake their age to get into social media.
00:53It hasn't been all smooth sailing
00:55in the lead-up to the enactment of the ban.
00:57Two teenagers, backed by an advocacy group,
01:01are challenging it in the High Court,
01:03arguing the laws restrict their implied right
01:05to freedom of political communication.
01:08The SA government says it'll ask permission
01:10to be involved in the case to argue in favour of the laws.
01:14The Minister has also vowed to stay alert
01:16to the rise of social media platforms
01:18that aren't among the ten currently covered by the ban.
01:21We will look at whether the harm has transferred there
01:23and whether we need to add them to the list.
01:25Forging a path as Australia embarks on a world first.
01:28The SA-1
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