Legal Research and Reform for Better India
Australia’s groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 took effect on December 10, 2025, making it the world’s first national legislation of its kind. The law, passed in November 2024 with broad bipartisan support, aims to shield young users from online harms like cyberbullying, mental health issues, and exposure to inappropriate content.
This article traces this historical trajectory, highlighting how regulations have sought to protect societal values against the encroachment of permissive ideologies. Same is applicable in other western countries, as dressing sense of western people, even a century ago was covering whole body with multiple layers of clothes. The Victorian code of covering whole body changed the perspective. When Europeans entered in Bharat, they found that people living here were having variety of clothing depending upon their region and based on the environment.