# Legal challenge to Australia’s social media ban to begin in High Court

https://mins.news/en/item/126120

- BBC News, 2026-11-02 19:12 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck79py02p1jlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Australia’s High Court is set to hear two days of challenges to the ban on social media for under-16s. A digital rights group argues it infringes children’s right to communicate freely, while Reddit’s separate challenge will be heard jointly.

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