Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban for kids1 day ago Share Save Tiffanie Turnbull Sydney Share SaveReuters Social media companies have been implementing updated terms following the introduction of the banReddit has launched a challenge in Australia's highest court against the nation's landmark social media ban for children. The online forum is among 10 social media platforms which must bar Australians aged under 16 from having accounts, under a new law which began on Wednesday. Reddit is complying with the ban, but in its case will argue that the policy has serious implications for privacy and political rights. It is the second such legal challenge, with two Australian teens also awaiting a High Court hearing. On behalf of Australian parents, we will stand firm," she told parliament after news of the first legal challenge broke last month.