I'm Australian and just had to age verify on X/Twitter. They used some app called "selfie" and took a pic and said I was verified. That was it.

This social media ban is not so much about banning kids from social media.

It's more about banning social media apps/companies from accessing kids.

The SM apps are entirely about exploitation of their audiences via algorithms to push advertising and political positions. That needs to be stopped.

This is a start.

It's a bit like the bans on under 18 (Australia) drinking without supervision. We know that the bans aren't "perfect", but they work for the majority of the time for the majority of the kids.