Young people in Australia still have access to social networks despite the ban imposed by the state
More than 60 percent of children under the age of 16 in Australia still has access social networks, despite the country introducing the world's first such national ban at the end of last year, according to the latest research.
According to research by British and Australian organizations, three out of five children aged 12 to 15 still use at least one account on platforms that should be inaccessible to them under the new law.
Data indicate that around 53 percent of underage users still access Tik Tok and YouTube, while 52 percent of them are active on Instagram.
Most of the respondents stated that the platforms did not take any measures to remove their accounts - 60 percent of Instagram and Tik Tok users claim that their accounts were not touched, while the percentage is even higher for Snapchat and YouTube.
About half of children (51 percent) estimate that the new rules did not significantly affect their safety on the Internet.
In December 2025, Australia became the first country to ban the use of social networks by under-16s, obliging platforms to remove existing accounts and prevent new ones from being opened, with the threat of heavy fines.
Although companies removed millions of accounts in the first days of the law's implementation, there is growing evidence that young users are finding ways around the restrictions, calling into question its effectiveness.
The survey of 1.050 children aged 12 to 15 was conducted by the Molly Rose Foundation, a UK-based internet safety charity, and YoutInsight, Australia's largest online youth panel.
The research was conducted during March of this year.
Source: The Guardian, ABC News, LBC
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