Online safety regulator says teens ‘will lose interest pretty quickly’ in social media – as it happened

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• Under-16s who slipped through cracks of social media ban will be ‘booted off in time’, eSafety commissioner says

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Inman Grant says getting ‘the most powerful, rich companies’ to comply was always going to be messy

Inman Grant said she expects kids to experience massive changes as the social media ban sticks around. The eSafety commissioner added that some social media companies were more difficult to work with than others during the rollout of the ban, telling ABC News:

To the extent that there are seven stages of grief, we have seen some be very accepting, some in denial, some are quite angry.

I guess that shows the character of the company and how they’re taking this. …

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Original Article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/10/under-16s-social-media-ban-reaction-victoria-vce-atar-results-queensland-parliament-mcphillamys-goldmine-federal-court-hearing-anthony-albanese-labor-sussan-ley-coalition-migration-policy-ntwnfb