REDDIT FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST AUSTRALIA’S SOCIAL MEDIA BAN – The website calls the law an infringement of free political expression
Message board website Reddit filed a lawsuit today, asking the High Court to overturn Australia’s social media ban for people under 16, as well as its inclusion in it, calling the law an infringement of free political expression.
The U.S.-listed firm, which has operations in Australia, called the ban “invalid on the ground that it infringes the implied freedom of political communication,” in a court filing signed by its lawyers, Perry Herzfeld and Jackson Wherrett.
The filing named the Commonwealth of Australia and Communications Minister Anika Wells as defendants. The Australian government has stated that it is prepared to defend any legal challenges to the law.
The lawsuit makes a second High Court challenge to the ban. Last month, two teenagers backed by an Australian libertarian state lawmaker filed a challenge, which is scheduled for a hearing in February. Reddit has no pla
