Lawyers for the Albanese government say social media platforms like Reddit are addictive, cause sleeplessness, and can even exacerbate ADHD because of features so harmful to children that the High Court should uphold Australia’s world-first ban on under-16 users, even if the law can be easily circumvented and hampers political communication.
Lawyers for the Commonwealth hit back at Reddit’s constitutional attack on the social media ban, telling the High Court of Australia on Wednesday that the law was designed to protect children from the worst features of social media, such as platforms with so-called infinite scroll, videos that autoplay, and constant push notifications.
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