2025-12-13
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The online discussion forum Reddit is talking taking the Australian government to court over its social media ban for under-16s.
It says the ban has serious implications for privacy and political rights and should be overturned.
Australia's Health Minister Mark Butler said the government won't back down.
Across our history,
when our governments have taken strong action to protect citizens against highly addictive,
highly damaging products,
they've usually been challenged in the courts by the companies that profit most from them.
But the idea that this is some action by Reddit to protect the political freedoms of young people is a complete crock.
What it is is action taken to protect the profits that they make at the expense of the mental health of young people.
And we will fight this action every step of the way.
So what is Reddit and do young people use it?
My colleague, Bizi Adebayo, has been taking a look at this and is with me now.