How will Australia’s teen social media ban actually work?

Australia’s Parliament has passed one of the strictest social media crackdowns in the world. Under the new law, anyone under 16 years old will be banned from opening a social media account.

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Tech companies in Australia will face stiff fines for violating its new law, one of the strictest social media crackdowns in the world. It bans anyone under 16 years old from opening or having a social media account. But how do you stop a teen from using social media? NPR’s Bobby Allyn reports.

BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Finn Hillier is a 15-year-old who lives in

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