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The Loss of Social Media for Children in Australia.

Age limit of social media has lowered in Australia!

Evelyn Cabrales, Plume Staff

December 10, 2025

This Wednesday Australian kids under the age of 16 will no longer have access to any social media platforms on their devices. This was enforced by their Prime Minister Anthony Albanses who states “We’ve said very clearly that this won’t be perfect… but it’s the right thing to do for society to express its views, its judgment, about what is appropriate,”

This phone restriction was made to help protect children against addictive sites, online predators and bullies. The most popular apps that are banned are Tiktok, Instagram, Snap chat, Twitch, and Twitter. These are just some examples.

Some parents love this for their children because it limits distractions academically and ends social media’s negative influences. On the other hand many people believe this will limit kids’ connection to others, will cause isolation and lack of self expression. Two five teen year old already brought up legal change to the highest court.

What do you think about this new law?

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Evelyn Cabrales, Plume Staff

Evelyn Cabrales, a senior at Capital City High school. Her favorite subject in school is English. She likes to spend time with her family and go trial riding on her horse Durango. One thing people might not know about her is that she loves reading books and her favorite right now is “I who have never known man” by Jacqueline Harpman. She is most proud of winning competitions on the CCHS cheer team. Her future career goal is to become a sonographer. Some advice she has for other students is “do what makes you happy.”