Reddit targeted by Australia’s under-16s social media ban as list of platforms grows

Reddit and video streaming platform Kick will join the likes of Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok in being required by the Australian government to ban users under the age of 16, the federal communications minister has revealed.

On Wednesday night, Anika Wells announced the list of eight companies which the government expects to block under-16 users from 10 December.

Reddit and Kick are the two new additions to the list, with the other platforms – which include Instagram, X and YouTube – previously being identified by the government.

Wells said Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, had assessed the eight platforms and decided they should form the starting point for the social media ban.

Under the changes, the companies must take reasonable steps to prevent people under the a