With nearly all her friends living at least 100km away, social media is a lifeline. But not anymore, now that Australia's social media ban for children has taken effect. At 12, Lola Farrugia isn't on social media yet - and with the new law, she now won't be for another four years. "My mom explained to me that social media is junk food for the brain," she says. By late November, a federal law banning social media for under-16s was passed.