Australia's world-first under-16s social media ban is set to take effect on December 10.

Social media ban rules revealed

While substantial fines would apply to social media platforms that make no effort to ban under-16s, they would not need to test the age of every user.

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says on day one, the focus will first be on deleting existing underage users from social platforms.

In a special forum hosted on ABC News on Tuesday evening by ABC presenter Rafael Epstein and technology reporter Ange Lavoirpierre, we took a deeper look at what this ban will look like in practice .

Here are the key takeaways.

1. Emma Mason's emotional plea to 'protect our children'

One of the strongest moments of the panel discussion came when Emma Mason, whose 15-year-old da

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