Millions of Australian teens will no longer be allowed to use social media. Who wins and who loses out?

Critics say new law is 'normalising surveillance' for young people and risks cutting them off from support networks.

As the under-16s social media ban looms, Guardian Australia speaks to five 13 to 15-year-olds about what they will miss, and what government should be doing instead

Australian youth will lose access to their social media accounts amid a national law that takes effect on Wednesday and is the world's first such ban.

Twitch, Reddit and YouTube were still allowing such accounts to be registered as of Wednesday morning, Guardian Australia found

Millions of Australian teens will no longer be allowed to use social media. Who wins and who loses out?