Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, X, Reddit, TikTok are all set to be unfriended by the government.

Each will be slapped with up to $50 million fines if they don’t take “reasonable steps” to stop kids under 16 from having an account.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp and YouTube are being exempt from the ban.

The bill is likely to pass in days, with the government and the opposition teaming up to get it through.

Once passed, big tech will be granted one year to work out how to enforce the ban, which is great news for any social media-loving 15-year-old.

So, will the government’s world-first ban work, and what the hell will we do if the teens fight back?

Seventeen-year-old Leo Puglisi founded 6 News Australia when he was just 11 and told The Project that he is “absolutely against” the proposed ban.

“It is just not a viable proposal. I can't see how it will actually be implemented. And fundamentally, I just think that it is a bad idea.”

Touching on some of the negative experiences that younger generations are experiencing at the hands of social media platforms, Puglisi said, “I think that everyone has negative experiences online… but this blanket ban doesn't actually tackle any of that harmful content. It doesn't tackle a lot of the trolling. It really just kicks the can down the road in terms of when a young person may or may not experience it.”

“As much as there can be horrible experiences online for young people and some seriously negative ones, there could be many detrimental effects if you take it away from some people,” he said.

“There are vulnerable kids who use social media as an escape to find a community. Maybe they're in a remote community and don't have the best life and they use social media as an escape from that. This ban strips away from them.”