Social media giants on Friday hit out at a landmark Australian law banning them from signing up under-16s, describing it as a rush job littered with "many unanswered questions." The UN children's charity UNICEF Australia warned the law was no "silver bullet" against online harm and could push kids into "covert and unregulated" spaces online.

Australia’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years from social media.

The Australian Senate has passed a social media ban for young children that will soon become a world-first law