Australia banned social media for under-16s, but many are still finding ways to scroll

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Responsibility for enforcing the ban lies not with users or parents but with the platforms themselves, which face tens of millions of dollars in fines if they fall short.
A teenager with long hair poses holding a mobile phone in one hand.
A teenager in Sydney last year. It has been four months since Australia became the first country to ban people under 16 from using many leading social media platforms.Hollie Adams / Reuters

SYDNEY — For Australia, imposing the world’s first-ever social media ban for children was only the first step: The challenge now is enforcing it.

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