Australia’s teen social media ban faces a new wildcard: teenagers

When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify a person’s age to the month – but she still doubts it will work.

“People are always going to find a way to get past it,” said the Perth schoolgirl who trialled five photo-based age estimation products with about 30 other students in May. “They can get their brother or sister to take a photo. There’s nothing really that you can do about it.”

Elkin’s view echoes one of the…