The Australian government's plan to ban children from social media to protect them from harm has won almost universal political support.

Australia is set to ban social media for kids under 16, in a stated attempt to minimise "harms that are being caused to young people" through the platforms.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the measures on Thursday,

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.