Teenagers find loopholes as social media ban looms

As the deadline looms for the ban of under 16’s on social media, teenagers have been sharing advice online on how to circumvent the ban when it comes into effect on December 10th. 

On TikTok, teenagers are sharing tips on how to dodge potential restrictions – from using a parents email for login to claiming their mum ‘manages their account’.

Platforms including Meta plan to introduce measures to identify underage users following the deadline. The concern remains however, that banning social media access for under 16’s altogether will only push them more to find ways around it.

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Produced By: Maeve Groom

Featured In Story: Professor Michael Dezuanni from the School of Communications at QUT and A Chief Investigator for ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, and

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 15 October 2025