Australia's plan to ban children from social media proves popular, problematic

In this image made from video released by Leo Puglisi, 17-year-old Leo Puglisi records his online streaming news service 6 News Australia, from Melbourne, Australia, in January 2024. Online safety advocate Sonya Ryan attends a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 15, 2021.

How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult.