Australians reacted on Friday with a mixture of anger and relief to a social media ban on children under 16 that the government says is world-leading, but which tech giants like TikTok argue could push young people to "darker corners of the internet".

The new law will deliver a message to tech companies to "clean up their act," the country's prime minister has said.

Australia’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years from social media