A key hearing into the enforcement of Australia’s social media ban was derailed after two senators broke out into an argument over a “snitch line” feature for parents.

Nationals senator Ross Cadell asked Meta, TikTok and Snapchat executives whether the platforms had developed a tool for parents to “dob their kids in” if parents had no ability to shut down their children’s accounts.

Before the platforms could respond, Greens senator David Shoebridge quietly scoffed: “Are you serious?”

Mr Cadell quickly responded in the affirmative and was halfway through questioning Mr Shoebridge before the Greens politician said: “I don’t think you should have a dob-in-a-child line.”

TikTok has confirmed parents will be able to report teenage users circumventing the impending social media ban, followin

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