The Australian government's plan to ban children from social media to protect them from harm has won almost universal political support.

Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content.