Two 15 year-old Australian teenagers are challenging the country’s upcoming social media ban at the nation’s High Court, local outlets reported on Wednesday.

ABC News reported the two teenagers, identified as Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, are named as plaintiffs in the legal challenge, which alleges the upcoming ban is “grossly excessive” and trespasses on the “constitutional right of freedom of political communication.”

Australia left-wing Labor government delivered a law in November 2024 forcing major social media platforms such as X, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and others to block anyone under the age of 16 from having a social media account under penalty of steep multi-million dollar fines for the platforms.

Canberra has asserted the ban is needed to protect t

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